Review of wet environment types on Mars with focus on duration and volumetric issues

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 586-600

  Kereszturi, Akos ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b New Europe School for Theoretical Biology and Ecology   (Hungary)

^c Karoly Nagy Astronomical Foundation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Life; Mars; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; GEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOGENESIS; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; MARS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER;

EID: 84863921561     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0686     Document Type: Review

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