Mars: Has Nitrogen Escaped?
- 26 November 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 174 (4012), 944-945
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.174.4012.944
Abstract
If eddy mixing is about as effective on Mars as it is on Earth, then there seems to be less nitrogen present on Mars than we would expect if terrestrial-type outgassing were the source. However, in this event a nonthermal escape mechanism involving the predissociation of exospheric nitrogen can be invoked to explain the low nitrogen concentration.Keywords
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