Incorporation of argon, krypton and xenon into clathrates on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-70

  Swindle, Timothy D ^a   Thomas, Caroline ^b   Mousis, Olivier ^a,b   Lunine, Jonathan I ^a   Picaud, Sylvain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Abundances; atmosphere; atmospheres; Ices; Mars; polar caps

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749085785     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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