Carbon dioxide cycling and implications for climate on ancient Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E1, 2001, Pages 1373-1399

  Sleep, Norman H ^a,b   Zahnle, Kevin ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARLY EARTH; PALEOATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0035052146     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001247     Document Type: Article

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