Atmospheric conditions on early Mars and the missing layered carbonates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Bullock, Mark A ^a   Moore, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBONATES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPECTROMETERS;

ACIDIFICATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL CONVERSION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CARBONATE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROMETER; SULFATE; VOLCANISM;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 37249049408     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030688     Document Type: Article

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