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Low palaeopressure of the martian atmosphere estimated from the size distribution of ancient craters
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“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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Metadata
- 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.
- Venue
- Nature Geoscience
- Published
- 2014-04-13
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 335-339
- ISSN
- 1752-0894 (ISSN-L)
- 1752-0908
- 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
- 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 › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Planetary Science and Exploration
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › 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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