Ventilation of CO2 from a reduced mantle and consequences for the early Martian greenhouse

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 147-155

  Hirschmann, Marc M ^a   Withers, Anthony C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; graphite; mantle; Mars; volcanism

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; GRAPHITE; GREENHOUSES; SOLIDIFICATION;

MARTIAN MANTLE; OXYGEN FUGACITY; VOLCANOGENIC OUTGASSING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUGACITY; GRAPHITE; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MARS; MELTING; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SOLIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 43449097855     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.034     Document Type: Article

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