An inventory of potentially habitable environments on Mars: Geological and biological perspectives

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 483, Issue , 2011, Pages 317-347

  Dohm, J M ^a,b   Miyamoto, H ^b   Ori, G G ^c   Fairen A G ^d,e   Davila, A F ^d,e   Komatsu, G ^c,f   Mahaney, W C ^g   Williams, J P ^h,i   Joye, S B ^j   Di Achille, G ^k   Oehler, D Z ^l   Marzo, G A ^d,m   Schulze Makuch, D ⁿ   Acocella, V ^o   Glamoclija, M ^p   Pondrelli, M ^c   Boston, P ^q   Hart, K M ^r   Anderson, R C ^s   Baker, V R ^a   Fink, W ^a,t   Kelleher, B P ^r   Furfaro, R ^u   Gross, C ^v   Hare, T M ^w   Frazer, A R ^x   Ip, F ^y   Allen, C C R ^x   Kim, K J ^z   Maruyama, S ^aa   McGuire, P C ^ab   Netoff, D ^ac   Parnell, J ^ad   Wendt, L ^v   Wheelock, S J ^a   Steele, A ^p   Hancock, R G V ^ae   Havics, R A ^af,ag   Costa, P ^ah   Krinsley, D ^ai   more..

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^r DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

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^t California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^u University of Arizona   (United States)

^v FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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^x QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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^z Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

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^ab UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; LIFE ON MARS; LIVING SYSTEMS; MANNED MISSIONS; ROCK TYPES;

BIOLOGY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; INVENTORY; MARS; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLANETARY EVOLUTION;

EID: 84866610482     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2483(21)     Document Type: Article

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