Can conditions for life be inferred from optical emissions of extra-solar-system planets?

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 130, Issue , 2002, Pages 381-388

  Frey, Harald U ^a   Lummerzheim, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 52149103918     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/130GM26     Document Type: Chapter

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