A nitrogen and argon stable isotope study of Allan Hills 84001: implications for the evolution of the Martian atmosphere

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 795-802

  Grady, Monica M ^a,b   Wright, Ian P ^b   Pillinger, Colin T ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLAN HILLS 84001; ARGON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN;

EID: 0031769966     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01686.x     Document Type: Article

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