Water loss and evolution of the upper atmosphere and exosphere over martian history

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-39

  Valeille, Arnaud ^a   Bougher, Stephen W ^a   Tenishev, Valeriy ^a   Combi, Michael R ^a   Nagy, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Atmospheres, evolution; Ionosphere; Mars; Mars, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949099025     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.036     Document Type: Article

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