Martian atmospheric xenon contents of Nakhla mineral separates: Implications for the origin of elemental mass fractionation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 139-147

  Gilmour, J D ^a   Whitby, J A ^a   Turner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mars; Meteorites; Nakhlite; Xenon

Indexed keywords

ACHONDRITE; MARS; METEORITE; XENON;

EID: 0033558862     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00283-0     Document Type: Article

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