Linked magma ocean solidification and atmospheric growth for Earth and Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 181-191

  Elkins Tanton, L T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; clement conditions; Earth; magma ocean; Mars

Indexed keywords

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; CORE-FORMATION; ENERGETIC IMPACT; EVOLUTION (CO); LIQUID COMPOSITIONS; LIQUID WATER; MAGMA OCEANS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; PLANETARY SURFACES; RADIODECAY; SILICATE MANTLES; SURFACE CONDITIONING; VOLATILE CONTENTS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUIDS; GARNETS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; SURFACES;

SOLIDIFICATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH; HEAT FLUX; MAGMA; MANTLE PROCESS; MARS; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY SURFACE; SILICATE; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL CONVECTION; WATER;

EID: 45049088689     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.062     Document Type: Article

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