Stable isotope laser spectrometer for exploration of Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 805-812

  Sauke, Todd B ^a   Becker, Joseph F ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXOBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LASERS; MARS; METEOROIDS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SOIL; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032082628     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(98)00014-2     Document Type: Article

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