Multiple Martian Volatile Reservoirs Preserved in Tissint and Other Martian Meteorites
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1 , Yang Liu 1 , Yunbin Guan 2 , John M. Eiler 2 , Chi Ma 2 , George R. Rossman 2 , and Lawrence A. Taylor 3 . 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA; 2 Geol. & Planet. Sci., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; 3 Planet. Geosci. Inst., Dept. of Earth & Planet. Sci., Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; (Email: [email protected]).
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