Sensitivity of biomarkers to changes in chemical emissions in the Earth's Proterozoic atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-88

  Grenfell, J L ^a   Gebauer, S ^a   von Paris, P ^b   Godolt, M ^a   Hedelt, P ^b,c,d   Patzer, A B C ^a   Stracke, B ^b   Rauer, H ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Photochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650927430     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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