Mineralogy of the Martian interior up to core-mantle boundary pressures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B3, 1997, Pages 5251-5264

  Bertka, Constance M ^a   Fei, Yingwei ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry; Protonated formaldehyde; Protonated water

Indexed keywords

CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; MARTIAN INTERIOR; MINERALOGY; PLANETARY COMPOSITION;

MARS;

EID: 0030955379     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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