Trapped Ar isotopes in meteorite ALH 84001 indicate Mars did not have a thick ancient atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 461-465

  Cassata, William S ^a,b   Shuster, David L ^a,b   Renne, Paul R ^a,b   Weiss, Benjamin P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Evolution; Cosmochemistry; Mars, Atmosphere; Mars, Climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866749341     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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