Oxygen isotopic composition of carbonate in the Nakhla meteorite: Implications for the hydrosphere and atmosphere of Mars

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1299-1309

  Saxton, J M ^a   Lyon, I C ^a   Chatzitheodoridis, E ^a   Turner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROSPHERE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARTIAN METEORITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SNC METEORITE;

EID: 0034050270     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00320-8     Document Type: Article

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