On the survivability and detectability of terrestrial meteorites on the moon

Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-252

  Crawford, Ian A ^a,e   Baldwin, Emily C ^a,b   Taylor, Emma A ^b   Bailey, Jeremy A ^c   Tsembelis, Kostas ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Impacts; Meteorites; Moon

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROCLIMATE; MOON;

EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; METEOROIDS; MOON;

EID: 42049098404     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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