Meteoric ions in the atmosphere of Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-249

  Molina Cuberos, Gregorio J ^a,b   Witasse, Olivier ^c   Lebreton, Jean Pierre ^c   Rodrigo, Rafael ^b   López Moreno, José J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Iron; Magnesium; Mars; Meteorites

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); IONOSPHERE; IONS; PHOTOIONIZATION;

METEORIC IONS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037347029     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00197-6     Document Type: Article

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