Mars' water isotope (D/H) history in the strata of the North Polar Cap: Inferences about the water cycle

Icarus

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 430-441

  Fisher, David Andrew ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ices; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847660099     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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