Reply to comment by Biemann and Bada on "reanalysis of the Viking results suggests perchlorate and organics at midlatitudes on Mars"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Navarro González, Rafael ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^b  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 83755179003     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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