Volcano-ice interaction as a microbial habitat on earth and mars

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 695-710

  Cousins, Claire R ^a   Crawford, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitability; Hydrothermal systems; Ice; Mars; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; ECOSYSTEM; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; VOLCANO;

EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; EXOBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE; MARS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 80053004417     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0550     Document Type: Review

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