Stable isotope measurements of martian atmospheric CO2 at the Phoenix landing site

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5997, 2010, Pages 1334-1337

  Niles, Paul B ^a   Boynton, William V ^b   Hoffman, John H ^c   Ming, Douglas W ^a   Hamara, Dave ^b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEORITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEAWATER; SILICATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VOLCANISM; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CARBON DIOXIDE EVOLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT; MICROANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROSCOPY; VOLCANO; WEATHERING;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATES; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; METEOROIDS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WATER;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 77956530124     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1192863     Document Type: Article

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