A photohabitable zone in the martian snowpack? A laboratory and radiative-transfer study of dusty water-ice snow

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-139

  France, J L ^a   King, M D ^a   MacArthur, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Ices; Mars, Polar caps

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950041125     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.026     Document Type: Article

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