The habitability of our earth and other earths: Astrophysical, geochemical, geophysical, and biological limits on planet habitability

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 597-623

  Lineweaver, Charles H ^a   Chopra, Aditya ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abiogenesis; Circumstellar habitable zones; Habitable zones; Life; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

ABIOGENESIS; CIRCUMSTELLAR; HABITABLE ZONES; LIFE; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS;

PLANETS; STARS;

EARTH (PLANET);

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; EARTH; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SURVIVAL; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84860520404     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-042711-105531     Document Type: Article

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