Atmospheric evolution and the history of water on mars

Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 25-43

  Lammer, Helmut ^a   Selsis, Franck ^b   Penz, Thomas ^c   V Amerstorfer, Ute ^c   Lichtenegger, Herbert I M ^a   Kolb, Christoph ^a   Ribas, Ignasi ^d  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Equivalent depth; Mars global surveyor; Martian atmosphere; Martian surface; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947541636     PISSN: 16108957     EISSN: 16131851     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-31538-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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