Potential antifreeze compounds in present-day Martian seepage groundwater

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-289

  Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Yang, Chieh Hou ^b   Lee, Ming Jer ^c   Lee, Ming Kuo ^d   Chien, Ming Hung ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antifreeze compounds; Eroded gully; Mars; Seepage groundwater

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; GROUNDWATER; GULLY EROSION; MARS; METEORITE; SALT; SEEPAGE;

EID: 48249098313     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.3.279(TT)     Document Type: Article

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