Effects of Insolation on Habitability and the Isotopic History of Martian Water

Three aspects of the Habitability of the Northern Plains of Mars to organics and terrestrial-like microbial life were assessed. (1) Protection offered by small surface features and (2) the breakdown of rocks to form soils were examined using a radiative transfer computer model. Two separate sublimat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moores, John Edward
Other Authors: Smith, Peter H.
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194111