Production of low molecular weight hydrocarbons by volcanic eruptions on early Mars

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 477-487

  Segura, Antígona ^a,c   Navarro González, Rafael ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive volcanism; Hydrocarbons; Lightning; Magmatic gases; Mars; Martian atmosphere; Volcanic activity; Volcanic lightning

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NITROGEN; WATER;

GREENHOUSE GAS; MARS; METHANE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LASER; LIGHTNING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROCLIMATE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANO;

EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; LASERS; LIGHTNING; MARS; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER;

EID: 20444499927     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-6420-3     Document Type: Article

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