Atmospheric collapse and transport of carbon dioxide into the subsurface on early Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Kurahashi Nakamura, Takasumi ^a   Tajika, Eiichi ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDRATES; ICE; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; SNOW;

CLATHRATE HYDRATE; ICE CAPS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE;

BASAL MELTING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CLATHRATE; CLIMATOLOGY; ICE CAP; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHOD; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; ATMOSPHERIC COLLAPSE; BASAL MELTING; CLATHRATE HYDRATE; ICE-CAPS; MARTIAN SURFACE; NUMERICAL RESULTS;

EID: 38549103587     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027170     Document Type: Article

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