Methane release and the carbon cycle on Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 207-217

  Chassefière, Eric ^a,b   Leblanc, Franois ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate; Mars; Methane; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE; CRYOSPHERE; EVOLUTION CURVE; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; NONTHERMAL; PLATE TECTONICS; RELEASE RATE; RUNNING WATERS; SERPENTINIZATION; STEADY STATE; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; CARBONATES; EARTH (PLANET); MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; TECTONICS;

METHANE;

EID: 79551470022     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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