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Mars: An Evolving Atmosphere
Abstract
Photochemical reactions in the martian exosphere produce fast atoms of oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen and provide large escape fluxes of these elements. They appear to play a crucial role in the evolution of the martian atmosphere. The relative outgassing rates of H 2 O and CO 2 on Mars are comparable with terrestrial values, although absolute rates for Mars are lower by a factor of 10 3 . Nitrogen is a trace constituent, less than 1 percent, of the present martian atmosphere.
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Metadata
- Authors
- McElroy, M. B.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1972-01-28
- Volume
- 175
- Issue
- 4020
- Pages
- 443-445
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1986958080
- Cited by
- 289
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 18.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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