How was early Earth kept warm?

Science

Volumn 339, Issue 6115, 2013, Pages 44-45

  Kasting, James F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN;

EARLY EARTH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN; PALEOCLIMATE; WARMING;

ABSORPTION; ARCHEAN; ATOM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; NOTE;

ATMOSPHERE; EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871890621     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1232662     Document Type: Short Survey

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