A terrestrial model for an alkaline martian hydrosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1493-1495

  Kempe, S ^a   Kazmierczak, J ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 0008047963     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(97)00116-5     Document Type: Article

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