Enhanced atmospheric loss on protoplanets at the giant impact phase in the presence of oceans

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7028, 2005, Pages 842-844

  Genda, Hidenori ^a,b   Abe, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; KRYPTON; OCEANOGRAPHY; XENON;

PLANETS' ATMOSPHERES; PROTOPLANETS; SHOCK IMPEDANCE; VENUS;

EARTH (PLANET);

ARGON; KRYPTON; NEON; XENON; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; IMPACT; NOBLE GAS; OCEAN; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; VENUS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; EVAPORATION; IMPEDANCE; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLANET; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WIND; CHEMISTRY; DISASTER; GAS; HISTORY; MICROCLIMATE; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOLATILIZATION;

ARGON; ATMOSPHERE; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GASES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEON; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANETS; VENUS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 14544270994     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03360     Document Type: Article

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