Hydrogen isotope evidence for loss of water from Mars through time

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Greenwood, James P ^a   Itoh, Shoichi ^b   Sakamoto, Naoya ^b   Vicenzi, Edward P ^c   Yurimoto, Hisayoshi ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; WATER;

HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; IGNEOUS GROWTH ZONING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; SHERGOTTITE; WATER;

EID: 43549099986     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032721     Document Type: Article

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