Life in Antarctic deserts and other cold dry environments : astrobiological analogs / edited by Pete...
Life in Antarctic deserts and other cold dry environments : astrobiological analogs / edited by Pete...
Life in Antarctic deserts and other cold dry environments : astrobiological analogs / edited by Peter T. Doran, W. Berry Lyons, Diane M. McKnight.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N577.0911/1
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English
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xi, 307 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction Peter T. Doran, W. Berry Lyons and Diane M. McKnight; 2. Geologic analogies between the surface of Mars and the McMurdo Dry Valleys: microclimate-related geomorphic features and evidence for climate change David R. Marchant and James W. Head; 3. The l...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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England
Date Published
2010.
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"The McMurdo Dry Valleys form the largest relatively ice-free area on the Antarctic continent. The perennially ice-covered lakes, ephemeral streams and extensive areas of exposed soil are subject to low temperatures, limited precipitation and salt accumulation. The dry valleys thus represent a region where life approaches its environmental limits....
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Life in Antarctic deserts and other cold dry environments : astrobiological analogs / edited by Peter T. Doran, W. Berry Lyons, Diane M. McKnight.
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Cambridge astrobiology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N577.0911/1
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74Vv5PvOWKVA
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0521889197 (hardback)
9780521889193 (hardback)
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577.09116
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991017606289702626
