Reanalysis of the Viking results suggests perchlorate and organics at midlatitudes on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Navarro González, Rafael ^a   Vargas, Edgar ^a   De La Rosa, José ^a   Raga, Alejandro C ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^b  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; PERCHLORATE; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

EID: 77956164233     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003599     Document Type: Article

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