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Short Note: Liquid water formation around rocks and meteorites on Antarctic Polar Plateau ice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2010

Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay*
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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[email protected]
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Biological Sciences
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Antarctic Science , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 2010 , pp. 287 - 288
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2010

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