Carbon reservoirs on Mars: Constraints from Martian meteorites

Grady, Monica and Wright, Ian (2003). Carbon reservoirs on Mars: Constraints from Martian meteorites. In: 34th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 17-21 Mar 2003, Houston, Texas, USA.

URL: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2003/pdf/1312...

Abstract

We have measured the abundance and stable isotopic composition of magmatic carbon extracted from a suite of shergottites. The results confirm previous findings that primordial carbon on Mars is isotopically lighter than that of the Earth.

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