Emergence of a habitable planet

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 35-78

  Zahnle, Kevin ^a   Arndt, Nick ^b   Cockell, Charles ^c   Halliday, Alex ^d   Nisbet, Euan ^e   Selsis, Franck ^f,g   Sleep, Norman H ^h  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hadean Earth; Late heavy bombardment; Magma oceans; Moon forming impact; Origin of Earth; Planetary atmospheres

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; MOON;

HADEAN EARTH; LATE HEAVY BOMBARDMENT; MAGMA OCEANS; MOON FORMING IMPACT; ORIGIN OF EARTH; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES;

PLANETS;

EID: 34548073865     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-007-9225-z     Document Type: Article

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