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T1 - Volcanic input to the atmosphere from Alba Patera on Mars
AU - Wilson, Lionel
AU - Mouginis-Mark, Peter J.
PY - 1987/11/26
Y1 - 1987/11/26
N2 - With the recent increased interest in the evolution of volcanism, tectonism and volatiles on Mars, several studies have been initiated to infer the mass of water vapour and carbon dioxide that might have been released from magmas erupted on the martian surface over geological time (see refs 1,2). Such studies are complementary to investigations of the global volatile inventory for Mars3,4, which trace a constant mass of volatiles to various sinks in the regolith, atmosphere and polar caps. Of necessity, these volatile distribution models are generalizations of Mars-wide averages. Here we present what we believe to be the first estimates for the amount of water vapour and/or carbon dioxide released, together with the corresponding release rates, from specific volcanic deposits on a relatively young martian volcanic construct (Alba Patera).
AB - With the recent increased interest in the evolution of volcanism, tectonism and volatiles on Mars, several studies have been initiated to infer the mass of water vapour and carbon dioxide that might have been released from magmas erupted on the martian surface over geological time (see refs 1,2). Such studies are complementary to investigations of the global volatile inventory for Mars3,4, which trace a constant mass of volatiles to various sinks in the regolith, atmosphere and polar caps. Of necessity, these volatile distribution models are generalizations of Mars-wide averages. Here we present what we believe to be the first estimates for the amount of water vapour and/or carbon dioxide released, together with the corresponding release rates, from specific volcanic deposits on a relatively young martian volcanic construct (Alba Patera).
U2 - 10.1038/330354a0
DO - 10.1038/330354a0
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0000809302
VL - 330
SP - 354
EP - 357
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 6146
ER -