First Measurement of Helium on Mars: Implications for the Problem of Radiogenic Gases on the Terrestrial Planets

Icarus

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 337-351

  Krasnopolsky, V A ^a,b   Bowyer, S ^a   Gladstone, G R ^a,c,d   McDonald, J S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HELIUM; POTASSIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; EUVE PROJECT; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG DURATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-60; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHOTON; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNMANNED;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-60; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

EUVE PROJECT; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; UNMANNED;

ARGON; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HELIUM; MARS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; THORIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URANIUM; VENUS;

EID: 0028457349     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1994.1098     Document Type: Article

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