Screen LibraryAtmospheric evolution on inhabited and lifeless worlds /
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 579 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, forms ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-561) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780521844123 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0521844126 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | QC861 |
| CLC: | P401 |
| Call Number: | P401/C365 |
| Contents: | Part I. Principles of planetary atmospheres. The structure of planetary atmospheres -- Energy and radiation in planetary atmospheres -- Essentials of chemistry of planetary atmospheres -- Motions in planetary atmospheres -- Escape of atmospheres to space -- Part II. Evolution of the Earth's atmosphere. Formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans -- Volcanic outgassing and mantle redox evolution -- Atmospheric and global redox balance -- The prebiotic and early postbiotic atmosphere -- The rise of oxygen and ozone in Earth's atmosphere -- Long-term climate evolution -- Part III. Atmospheres and climates on other worlds. Mars -- Evolution of Venus' atmosphere -- Giant planets and their satellites -- Exoplanets : habitability and characterization -- Appendix A : one-dimensional climate model -- Appendix B : photochemical models -- Appendix C : atomic states and term symbols. |