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Impact erosion of the primordial atmosphere of Mars
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Impact on the earth, ocean and atmosphere
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Metadata
- Authors
- Melosh, H. J., & Vickery, A. M.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1989-04
- Volume
- 338
- Issue
- 6215
- Pages
- 487-489
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2001030150
- Cited by
- 461
- References
- 12
- FWCI
- 24.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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