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It is clear that Mars had a thicker atmosphere in the past, perhaps up to 3 bar.  It is a near vacuum now (0.6 bar), so what has happened to Mars' atmosphere?
  
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== Gasses Absorbed Into Crust: ==
  
 
===BIBLIOGRAPHY===
 
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// Discussion of atmospheric loss by sputtering.
 
// Discussion of atmospheric loss by sputtering.
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https://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6332/1408
 
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6332/1408
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// Discussion of how thick Mars' atmosphere used to be.  See page 101.
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// Discussion of how CO2 Clathrates could be part of Mars' subsurface ice. See page 199.
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"Mars: A Warmer Wetter Planet", by Jeffrey S. Kargel, ISBN 1-85233-568-8

Revision as of 05:38, 28 February 2021

It is clear that Mars had a thicker atmosphere in the past, perhaps up to 3 bar. It is a near vacuum now (0.6 bar), so what has happened to Mars' atmosphere?

Gasses Absorbed Into Crust:

BIBLIOGRAPHY

// Discussion of atmospheric loss by sputtering.

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6332/1408

// Discussion of how thick Mars' atmosphere used to be. See page 101.

// Discussion of how CO2 Clathrates could be part of Mars' subsurface ice. See page 199.

"Mars: A Warmer Wetter Planet", by Jeffrey S. Kargel, ISBN 1-85233-568-8