Impact melting of frozen oceans on the early Earth: Implications for the origin of life

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1248-1250

  Bada, J L ^a   Bigham, C ^a   Miller, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; THAWING;

EID: 0028036289     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.4.1248     Document Type: Review

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