Carbon dioxide cycling through the mantle and implications for the climate of ancient Earth

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 199, Issue , 2002, Pages 231-257

  Zahnle, Kevin ^a   Sleep, Norman H ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBON DIOXIDE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; SUBDUCTION; WEATHERING;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0037004403     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.199.01.12     Document Type: Article

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