Unusual Interaction between Martian Surface and Magmatic Reservoirs: Volatiles in Impact Melts in the Tissint Meteorite
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VOLATILES IN IMPACT MELTS IN THE TISSINT METEORITE. Yang Chen, Yang Liu, Yunbin Guan, John M. Eiler, Chi Ma, George R. Rossman, and Lawrence A. Taylor. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA; Geol. & Planet. Sci., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; Planet. Geosci. Inst., Dept. of Earth & Planet. Sci., Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; (Email: [email protected]).
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