Contributions of icy planetesimals to the earth's early atmosphere

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 435-458

  Owen, Tobias C ^a   Bar Nun, Akiva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; INERT GAS; NEON; NITROGEN;

COMET; EARLY EARTH; ICE; NEON; NITROGEN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PLANETESIMAL; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GAS; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE;

EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GASES; ICE; MARS; METEOROIDS; NEON; NITROGEN; NOBLE GASES; SOLAR SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE; VENUS;

EID: 0034818283     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011809412925     Document Type: Article

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