The oxidation-reduction potential of aqueous soil solutions at the Mars Phoenix landing site

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Quinn, Richard C ^a   Chittenden, Julie D ^a   Kounaves, Samuel P ^b   Hecht, Michael H ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; REDOX REACTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE;

FERROUS IRON; HEADSPACES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LANDING SITE; LOW LEVEL; METAL PEROXIDES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION POTENTIALS; PHOENIX MISSION; RED SOILS; SALT MIXTURES; SOIL SOLUTIONS; TEST SOLUTIONS; WET CHEMISTRY;

OXIDATION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MARS; OXIDATION; PH; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; RED SOIL; REDUCTION;

EID: 79960797527     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047671     Document Type: Article

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