Add to ORKGIt has been suggested that the residual polar caps of Mars contain a reservoir of permanently frozen carbon dioxide which is controlling the atmospheric pressure. However, observational data and models of the polar heat balance suggest that the temperatures of the Martian poles are too high for solid CO_2 to survive permanently. On the other hand, the icelike compound carbon dioxide-water clathrate (CO_2·6H_2O) could function as a CO_2 reservoir instead of solid CO_2, because it is stable at higher temperatures. This paper shows that the permanent polar caps may contain several millibars of CO_2 in the form of clathrate, and discusses the implications of this permanent clathrate reservoir for the present and past atmospheric pressure on Mar...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
It has been suggested that the residual polar caps of Mars contain a reservoir of permanently frozen...
It has been suggested that the residual polar caps of Mars contain a reservoir of permanently frozen...
The residual frost caps of Mars are probably water-ice. They may be the source of the water vapor as...
Leighton and Murray have argued that there is a polar reservoir of solid CO_2 on Mars that lasts thr...
Leighton and Murray have argued that there is a polar reservoir of solid CO_2 on Mars that lasts thr...
We have found that a rather simple thermal model of the Martian surface, in combination with current...
We have found that a rather simple thermal model of the Martian surface, in combination with current...
The flow law determined experimentally for solid CO2 establishes that a hypothesis of glacial flow o...
In their pioneering work, Leighton and Murray argued that the Mars atmosphere, which at present is 9...
In their pioneering work, Leighton and Murray argued that the Mars atmosphere, which at present is 9...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
It has been suggested that the residual polar caps of Mars contain a reservoir of permanently frozen...
It has been suggested that the residual polar caps of Mars contain a reservoir of permanently frozen...
The residual frost caps of Mars are probably water-ice. They may be the source of the water vapor as...
Leighton and Murray have argued that there is a polar reservoir of solid CO_2 on Mars that lasts thr...
Leighton and Murray have argued that there is a polar reservoir of solid CO_2 on Mars that lasts thr...
We have found that a rather simple thermal model of the Martian surface, in combination with current...
We have found that a rather simple thermal model of the Martian surface, in combination with current...
The flow law determined experimentally for solid CO2 establishes that a hypothesis of glacial flow o...
In their pioneering work, Leighton and Murray argued that the Mars atmosphere, which at present is 9...
In their pioneering work, Leighton and Murray argued that the Mars atmosphere, which at present is 9...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...
International audienceThe inventory of water and carbon dioxide reservoirs on Mars are important clu...