The history of Martian volatiles

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Jakosky, Bruce M ^a   Jones, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; CRUSTAL RESERVOIRS; HYDROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC DATA;

ISOTOPES;

MARTIAN METEORITE; PLANETARY CLIMATE; VOLATILE;

MARS;

EID: 0030746856     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RG02903     Document Type: Review

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