Atmospheric origins of perchlorate on mars and in the atacama

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Catling, D C ^a,b   Claire, M W ^a   Zahnle, K J ^c   Quinn, R C ^c,d   Clark, B C ^e   Hecht, M H ^f   Kounaves, S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; OXIDANT; OXIDATION; PERCHLORATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

EID: 77649168072     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003425     Document Type: Article

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