Early martian mantle overturn inferred from isotopic composition of nakhlite meteorites

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 548-552

  Debaille, V ^a,b   Brandon, A D ^c   Oneill, C ^d   Yin, Q Z ^e   Jacobsen, B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 68749095286     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo579     Document Type: Article

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