Volatiles in the atmosphere of Mars: The effects of volcanism and escape constrained by isotopic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 303, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 299-309

  Gillmann, Cédric ^a   Lognonné, Philippe ^a   Moreira, Manuel ^a  

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

Author keywords

CO2; Degassing; Escape; Evolution; Isotope; Mars

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ESCAPE; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; CO2; DIRECT CALCULATION; DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; ESCAPE; ESCAPE RATE; EVOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC ESCAPE; IMPACT EROSION; IN-LINE; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LARGE PARTS; LARGE-SCALE PERTURBATIONS; LONG TERM EVOLUTION; MAGMA OCEAN; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MEAN AGES; NONTHERMAL; POLAR CAP; PRODUCTION MODELS; SHORT BURSTS; SPACE PLASMAS; SURFACE OF MARS; VOLATILE CONTENTS; VOLCANIC DEGASSING; VOLCANIC GAS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DEGASSING; DISSOCIATION; GALLIUM; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; ISOTOPES; VOLCANOES;

ARGON;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY SURFACE; SURFACE FLUX; VOLCANISM;

EID: 79952107454     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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