Quantitative habitability

Astrobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 839-851

  Shock, Everett L ^a,b   Holland, Melanie E ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOTEK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme environments; Habitability; Halophiles; Net power; Power demands; Power supplies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; POWER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; EXOBIOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 37749014722     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0137     Document Type: Article

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