Borup Fiord: a Unique Glacial Environment of Astrobiological Significance and Potential Analogue to Europa Exploration
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AND POTENTIAL ANALOGUE TO EUROPA EXPLORATION. D. F. Gleeson, R. T. Pappalardo, S.E. Grasby, and J.R. Spear. Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and NASA Astrobiology Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0392, Geological Survey of Canada, 3303 33rd St. NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2L 2A7, Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401.
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