On the Deuterium Abundance on Mars and Some Related Problems

Icarus

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 597-602

  Krasnopolsky, Vladimir ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheres; Composition; Evolution; Mars; Photochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001188091     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6534     Document Type: Article

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