Perchlorate radiolysis on mars and the origin of martian soil reactivity

Astrobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 515-520

  Quinn, Richard C ^a   Martucci, Hana F H ^b   Miller, Stephanie R ^c   Bryson, Charles E ^d   Grunthaner, Frank J ^e   Grunthaner, Paula J ^e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA Ames Operations   (United States)

^d Apparati Inc   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCHLORIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; RADIOMETRY; SOIL;

MARS; PERCHLORIC ACID; RADIOMETRY; SOIL;

EID: 84879395701     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2013.0999     Document Type: Article

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