Water and astrobiology

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-282

  Mottl, Michael J ^a,b   Glazer, Brian T ^a,b   Kaiser, Ralf I ^a,b   Meech, Karen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Atmosphere; Interstellar medium; Life; Oceans; Origins; Solar System; Water

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; COMET; EXOBIOLOGY; ICE; MELTING; SOLAR SYSTEM; WATER;

EID: 36549053049     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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