Serpentine and serpentinization: A link between planet formation and life

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 959-960

  Müntener, Othmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SERPENTINE; SERPENTINIZATION;

EID: 77958109728     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/focus102010.1     Document Type: Note

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