Warming early Mars with CO2 and H2

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-63

  Ramirez, Ramses M ^a,b   Kopparapu, Ravi ^a,b   Zugger, Michael E ^a,b   Robinson, Tyler D ^b   Freedman, Richard ^c,d   Kasting, James F ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84893790885     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2000     Document Type: Article

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