Methane adsorption on a martian soil analog: An abiogenic explanation for methane variability in the martian atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Gough, Raina V ^a   Tolbert, Margaret A ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^b   Toon, Owen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, Atmosphere; Mars, Surface; Regoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950050164     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.030     Document Type: Article

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