Habitability: From stars to cells

Astronomy and Astrophysics Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 383-416

  Javaux, Emmanuelle J ^a   Dehant, Véronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Biosignatures; Early earth; Eixtremophiles; Geodynamics; Habitability

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS; BIOSIGNATURES; CELLULAR CONSTITUENTS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DYNAMIC PROCESS; EARLY EARTH; EIXTREMOPHILES; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRASOLAR; EXTREME VALUE; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LIQUID WATER; MANTLE CONVECTION; METEORITE IMPACT; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PLANETARY SURFACES; PLATE TECTONICS; SEARCH FOR LIFE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; THERMAL STATE; TIME-SCALES;

ASTRONOMY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GALLIUM; GEODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METEOR IMPACTS; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 77954620123     PISSN: 09354956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00159-010-0030-4     Document Type: Review

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