Evidence of atmospheric sulphur in the martian regolith from sulphur isotopes in meteorites

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6773, 2000, Pages 50-52

  Farquhar, James ^a   Savarino, Joel ^a   Jackson, Terri L ^a   Thiemens, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; REGOLITH; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL REACTION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATMOSPHERE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; METEOROIDS; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

EID: 0034594982     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35003517     Document Type: Article

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