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7 - Mars Attracts

1990 to 2000

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2018

Ralph D. Lorenz
Ralph D. Lorenz
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The Johns Hopkins University
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Pinatubo eruption perturbs Earth's climate via sulfate aerosols. Magellan surveys Venus; suggestion that Venus climate can affect crustal evolution. Discovery of Chicxulub crater formed by the impact that killed the dinosaurs via climate perturbation, also via sulfate aerosols. Polar ice cores yield detailed climate records of Earth. Ideas about ocean–atmosphere equilibrium on Titan. Recognition of Snowball Earth episodes of near-global glaciation in deep past. Meteorites from Mars trigger Mars exploration program – evidence of liquids on Mars in past and present.
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Exploring Planetary Climate
A History of Scientific Discovery on Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan
 , pp. 133 - 160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Mars Attracts
  • Ralph D. Lorenz, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Book: Exploring Planetary Climate
  • Online publication: 14 December 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108677691.009
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  • Mars Attracts
  • Ralph D. Lorenz, The Johns Hopkins University
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  • Online publication: 14 December 2018
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  • Mars Attracts
  • Ralph D. Lorenz, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Book: Exploring Planetary Climate
  • Online publication: 14 December 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108677691.009
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