Terrestrial analogues to Mars and the moon: Canada's role

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 175-188

  Osinski, Gordon R ^a   Léveillé, Richard ^a   Berinstain, Alain ^a   Lebeuf, Martin ^a   Bamsey, Matthew ^a  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EXPLORATION REQUIREMENTS; PLANETARY SCIENCE; TERRESTRIAL ANALOGUES;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EXPLORATION; MARS; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 39149106807     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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