Limits on the trapping of atmospheric CH4 in martian polar ice analogs

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-197

  Trainer, Melissa G ^a   Tolbert, Margaret A ^b   McKay, Christopher P ^c   Toon, Owen B ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Chemistry; Ices; Mars, Atmosphere; Mars, Polar caps; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953545863     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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