Greenhouse warming by CH4 in the atmosphere of early Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E5, 2000, Pages 11981-11990

  Pavlov, Alexander A ^a   Kasting, James F ^a   Brown, Lisa L ^a   Rages, Kathy A ^b   Freedman, Richard ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; EURYARCHAEOTA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); EURYARCHAEOTA; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECAMBRIAN;

EID: 0034713077     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001134     Document Type: Article

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