Hydrogen-nitrogen greenhouse warming in earth's early atmosphere

Science

Volumn 339, Issue 6115, 2013, Pages 64-67

  Wordsworth, Robin ^a   Pierrehumbert, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; NITROGEN;

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84871917795     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1225759     Document Type: Article

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