Discovery prospects for a supernova signature of biogenic origin

Icarus

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 960-962

  Bishop, S ^a   Egli, R ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earth; Geological processes; Geophysics; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952898295     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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