Oxygen and carbon isotope ratios in Martian carbon dioxide: Measurements and implications for atmospheric evolution

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 553-568

  Krasnopolsky, V A ^a   Mumma, M J ^a   Bjoraker, G L ^a   Jennings, D E ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0030527330     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0230     Document Type: Article

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