Isotopic fractionation of methane in the martian atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-35

  Nair, Hari ^a   Summers, Michael E ^b   Miller, Charles E ^a   Yung, Yuk L ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Mars, atmosphere; Photochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044419531     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.10.018     Document Type: Article

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