A chemical model for evaporites on early Mars: Possible sedimentary tracers of the early climate and implications for exploration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E7, 1999, Pages 16453-16469

  Catling, David C ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; EVAPORITE; EXPLORATION; MARS;

EID: 0032729677     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE001020     Document Type: Article

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