Mauna Loa volcano is not a methane source: Implications for Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Ryan, Steve C ^a   Dlugokencky, Edward J ^b   Tans, Pieter P ^b   Trudeau, Michael E ^a  

^a Global Monitoring Division   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GAS EMISSIONS; METHANE; VOLCANOES;

MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; METHANE MEASUREMENT; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; METHANE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750632575     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026223     Document Type: Article

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