Atmospheric Evolution

2017/10/29 by Colin Goldblatt, Goldblatt, Colin
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) #FOS: Physical sciences #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Planetary Science and Exploration #astro-ph.EP

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1710.10557

34 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Accepted as a chapter in "Encyclopaedia of Geochemistry", Editor Bill White, Springer-Nature, 2018

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Abstract

Earth's atmosphere has evolved as volatile species cycle between the atmosphere, ocean, biomass and the solid Earth. The geochemical, biological and astrophysical processes that control atmospheric evolution are reviewed from an "Earth Systems" perspective, with a view not only to understanding the history of Earth, but also to generalizing to other solar system planets and exoplanets.

Citations

• The carbonate-silicate geochemical cycle and its effect on atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 100 million years

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