The present-day atmosphere of Mars: Where does it come from?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 384-393

  Gillmann, Cédric ^a   Lognonné, Philippe ^a   Chassefière, Eric ^b   Moreira, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

CO2; degassing; escape; Mars; modelling

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNIONS; ATMOSPHERIC ESCAPES; ATMOSPHERIC GASSES; CO2; COMBINED EFFECTS; CRUST FORMATIONS; ESCAPE; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; MARS; MARS EXPRESSES; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MARTIAN MANTLES; MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLATE TECTONICS; PRODUCTION RATES; SOLAR ACTIVITIES; STEADY STATES; THERMAL PROCESSES; VOLATILE CONTENTS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC DEGASSING; VOLCANIC ORIGINS;

ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; MANTLE PLUME; MARS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SATELLITE MISSION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 58149302705     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.033     Document Type: Article

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