Effects of meteorite impacts on the atmospheric evolution of mars

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Pham, Lê Binh San ^a   Karatekin, Özgür ^a   Dehant, Véronique ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Habitability; Impacts; Mars

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; METEOROIDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 63049088194     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2008.0242     Document Type: Article

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