A sulfur dioxide climate feedback on early Mars

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5858, 2007, Pages 1903-1907

  Halevy, Itay ^a   Zuber, Maria T ^b   Schrag, Daniel P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MINERAL; SILICATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; MARS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIQUID; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WEATHER;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; CLIMATE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MARS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRECIPITATION; SULFITES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 37549043229     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1147039     Document Type: Article

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