Modeling aqueous perchlorate chemistries with applications to Mars

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 675-685

  Marion, G M ^a   Catling, D C ^b   Zahnle, K J ^c   Claire, M W ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmochemistry; Geological processes; Mars, Surface; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952584294     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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