Survival of a proto-atmosphere through the stage of giant impacts: The mechanical aspects

Icarus

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-162

  Genda, Hidenori ^a   Abe, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretion; Atmospheres, dynamics; Atmospheres, evolution; Planetary formation; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038698174     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00101-5     Document Type: Article

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