Plate tectonics and the detection of land-based biosignatures on Mars and extrasolar planets

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 175-186

  Parnell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biosignatures; light transmission; mineralogy; photosynthesis; plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549112755     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550405002715     Document Type: Article

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