Trajectories of martian habitability

Astrobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 182-203

  Cockell, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitability; Liquid water; Mars; Planetary science

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIA; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE;

BACTERIA; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS;

EID: 84894595761     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2013.1106     Document Type: Review

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