Ancient Martian nitrogen

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1463-1466

  Marti, K ^a   Mathew, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; METEORITES;

FRACTIONATION MECHANISM; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MARTIAN METEORITES; MELTED GLASS; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; SPACECRAFT DATA;

NITROGEN;

MARS; NITROGEN;

EID: 0034526080     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011064     Document Type: Article

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