Episodic ocean-induced CO2greenhouse on Mars: Implications for fluvial valley formation

Icarus

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-86

  Gulick, V C ^a,b   Tyler, D ^b,c   McKay, C P ^a   Haberle, R M ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER; SNOW;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANO;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MARS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SEAWATER; SNOW; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0031281603     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5802     Document Type: Article

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