Low palaeopressure of the martian atmosphere estimated from the size distribution of ancient craters

Kite, Edwin S.; Williams, Jean-Pierre; Lucas, Antoine; Aharonson, Oded

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Low palaeopressure of the martian atmosphere estimated from the size distribution of ancient craters

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Kite, Edwin S., Williams, Jean-Pierre, Lucas, Antoine, Aharonson, Oded·2014·Nature Geoscience

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Analysis of the Dorsa Aeolis region near Gale crater using crater size distribution led to an approximate upper limit of 0.9-3.8 bars on atmospheric pressure 3.6 Ga.
“Recent analysis of the Dorsa Aeolis region near Gale crater using this technique has led to an approximate upper limit of 0.9-3.8 bars on atmospheric pressure 3.6 Ga (Kite et al. 2014).”
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The Abstract passage describes crater counts in Aeolis Dorsa and gives a preferred nominal age of 3.61 Ga for the rivers; the small-crater analysis describes fitting crater-size distributions to atmospheric pressure. The passages on the palaeopressure upper limit do not give the claimed 0.9–3.8 bar range, and searches for both numbers found no passage stating it. (LLM, conf=0.81)
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The late Noachian CO2 atmosphere could have been as dense as 1-2 bar, but likely no more than this.
“This atmosphere could have been as dense as 1-2 bar, but likely no more than this.”
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The Error analysis and sensitivity tests section (page unavailable) describes an upper limit on ancient Martian atmospheric pressure, supporting the claim’s general point that the atmosphere was unlikely to be arbitrarily dense. But the passages do not establish a 1–2 bar limit or identify the atmosphere as CO2. The Age Control passage says the rivers were probably Early Hesperian or older and not older than Late Noachian, rather than fixing the pressure constraint specifically to the Late Noachian. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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Authors: Kite, E. S., Williams, J.-P., Lucas, A., & Aharonson, O.
Affiliations: California Institute of Technology (US)
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author: Kite, Edwin S.
ORCID: Kite, Edwin S.
Williams, Jean-Pierre
Lucas, Antoine
Aharonson, Oded
Venue: Nature Geoscience
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2014-04-13
Volume: 7
Issue: 5
Pages: 335-339
ISSN: 1752-0894 (ISSN-L)
1752-0908
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2137
OpenAlex: W1966047617
Cited by: 123
References: 68
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1
FWCI: 6.65
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature Geoscience (publishedVersion)
arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Planetary Science and Exploration
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Keywords: Mars atmosphere, Gale Crater, fluvial activity, greenhouse microclimate, carbon dioxide, Mars climate history

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