"Methane on Mars: A product of H2O photolysis in the presence of CO". Response to V.A. Krasnopolsky

Icarus

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 543-545

  Bar Nun, Akiva ^a   Dimitrov, Vasili ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; chemistry; Exobiology; Mars; Photochemistry; Search for extraterrestrial life

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247897207     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.12.026     Document Type: Note

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