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Review
. 2001 Jan 30;98(3):801-4.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.98.3.801.

Possible ecosystems and the search for life on Europa

C Chyba  1 , C Phillips
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Possible ecosystems and the search for life on Europa

C Chyba et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Figure 1
Gardening (dotted line) vs. sputtering (2 μm⋅yr−1, solid line; 0.2 μm⋅yr−1, long dashes; 0.02 μm⋅yr−1, short dashes) rates on Europa.
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  • Searching for an alien haven in the heavens.
    Coughlin BC. Coughlin BC. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jan 30;98(3):796. doi: 10.1073/pnas.98.3.796. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001. PMID: 11607762 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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