To what extent does terrestrial life "follow the water"?

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-361

  Jones, Eriita G ^a   Lineweaver, Charles H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosphere; Extremophiles; Limits of life; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; LIFE; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 77952491228     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0428     Document Type: Article

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