Carbonates and coated particles on Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 12-14, 2000, Pages 1341-1347

  Orofino, V ^a   Blanco, A ^a   Blecka, M I ^b   Fonti, S ^a   Jurewicz, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

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EID: 0001142894     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(00)00114-8     Document Type: Article

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