Methane emissions from Earths degassing: Implications for Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 182-195

  Etiope, G ^a   Oehler, D Z ^b   Allen, C C ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Earths degassing; Mars; Methane; Seepage

Indexed keywords

ABIOGENIC; EARTHS DEGASSING; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; GAS DISCHARGE; GAS SEEPS; INTEGRATED EMISSIONS; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MARTIAN SOILS; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE ON MARS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROSEEPAGE; MUD VOLCANOES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANICS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SERPENTINIZATION; THERMOGENIC METHANE; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; VOLCANIC EMISSION;

DEGASSING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GAS EMISSIONS; KEROGEN; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METHANOGENS; SEEPAGE; VOLCANOES;

METHANE;

EID: 79551470223     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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