Abundance and isotopic composition of gases in the martian atmosphere from the Curiosity rover

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Volumn 341, Issue 6143, 2013, Pages 263-266

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  Nealson, Kenneth ^j   Popa, Radu ^j   Kah, Linda C ^j   Moersch, Jeffrey ^j   Tate, Christopher ^j   Day, MacKenzie ^j   Kocurek, Gary ^j   Hallet, Bernard ^j   Sletten, Ronald ^j   Francis, Raymond ^j   McCullough, Emily ^j   Cloutis, Ed ^j   Ten Kate, Inge Loes ^j   Arvidson, Raymond ^j   Fraeman, Abigail ^j   Scholes, Daniel ^j   Slavney, Susan ^j   Stein, Thomas ^j   Ward, Jennifer ^j   Berger, Jeffrey ^j   Moores, John E ^j   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Université du Québec à Montréal   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARGON ISOTOPE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; MASS SPECTROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84880405939     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1237966     Document Type: Article

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