A model of habitability within the Milky Way galaxy

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 855-873

  Gowanlock, M G ^a,b   Patton, D R ^a   McConnell, S M ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Hawai'i at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GALAXIES; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STARS, CELESTIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81555205137     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0555     Document Type: Article

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