The environment of early Mars and the missing carbonates

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1447-1469

  Fernández Remolar, David C ^a   Sánchez Román, Mónica ^a   Hill, Andrew C ^a   Gómez Ortíz, David ^b   Ballesteros, Olga Prieto ^a   Romanek, Christopher S ^c   Amils, Ricardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 80053907154     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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