Evolution of water reservoirs on Mars: Constraints from hydrogen isotopes in martian meteorites

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 394, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-185

  Kurokawa, H ^a,b   Sato, M ^b,c   Ushioda, M ^b   Matsuyama, T ^b   Moriwaki, R ^b   Dohm, J M ^b   Usui, T ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric escape; Isotope; Mars; Meteorites; Water reservoir

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; METEORITES;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ATMOSPHERIC ESCAPE; EQUIVALENT LAYER; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MARTIAN METEORITES; SUBSURFACE WATERS; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MARTIAN METEORITE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84897470306     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.027     Document Type: Article

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