Rethinking earth's early atmosphere

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5724, 2005, Pages 962-963

  Chyba, Christopher F ^a,b  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYANIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER;

PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SEA; SHORT SURVEY; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLCANO; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; NOTE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; HYDROGEN; METHANE; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEAWATER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 18644364820     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1113157     Document Type: Short Survey

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