The history of a global spherical model of the solar radiation transfer in the Earth's atmosphere

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Sushkevich
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Radiation Transfer ◽  
Spherical Model ◽  
Earth’S Atmosphere ◽  
History Of ◽  
Earth's Atmosphere

History of the Earth’s Atmosphere

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael I. Budyko ◽  
Alexander B. Ronov ◽  
Alexander L. Yanshin
Keyword(s):  
Earth’S Atmosphere ◽  
History Of ◽  
Earth's Atmosphere

scholarly journals In-Situ Cosmogenic 14C: Production and Examples of its Unique Applications in Studies of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Processes

Radiocarbon ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (2B) ◽  
pp. 731-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Lal ◽  
A J T Jull
Keyword(s):  
Half Life ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Radioactive Isotopes ◽  
Earth’S Atmosphere ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
Earth's Atmosphere

Nuclear interactions of cosmic rays produce a number of stable and radioactive isotopes on the earth (Lai and Peters 1967). Two of these, 14C and 10Be, find applications as tracers in a wide variety of earth science problems by virtue of their special combination of attributes: 1) their source functions, 2) their half-lives, and 3) their chemical properties. The radioisotope, 14C (half-life = 5730 yr) produced in the earth's atmosphere was the first to be discovered (Anderson et al. 1947; Libby 1952). The next longer-lived isotope, also produced in the earth's atmosphere, 10Be (half-life = 1.5 myr) was discovered independently by two groups within a decade (Arnold 1956; Goel et al. 1957; Lal 1991a). Both the isotopes are produced efficiently in the earth's atmosphere, and also in solids on the earth's surface. Independently and jointly they serve as useful tracers for characterizing the evolutionary history of a wide range of materials and artifacts. Here, we specifically focus on the production of 14C in terrestrial solids, designated as in-situ-produced 14C (to differentiate it from atmospheric 14C, initially produced in the atmosphere). We also illustrate the application to several earth science problems. This is a relatively new area of investigations, using 14C as a tracer, which was made possible by the development of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). The availability of the in-situ 14C variety has enormously enhanced the overall scope of 14C as a tracer (singly or together with in-situ-produced 10Be), which eminently qualifies it as a unique tracer for studying earth sciences.

History of the Earth's Atmosphere

Eos ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 69 (38) ◽  
pp. 869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Berner
Keyword(s):  
Earth’S Atmosphere ◽  
History Of ◽  
Earth's Atmosphere

Solar radiation and the earth’s atmosphere

1988 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 266-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Kuhn ◽  
Susan E. Postawko
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Earth’S Atmosphere ◽  
Earth's Atmosphere

scholarly journals Absorption of solar radiation by water vapor, oxygen, and related collision pairs in the Earth's atmosphere

1998 ◽  
Vol 103 (D4) ◽  
pp. 3847-3858 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Solomon ◽  
R. W. Portmann ◽  
R. W. Sanders ◽  
J. S. Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Earth’S Atmosphere ◽  
Earth's Atmosphere

Oxygen

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Eugene Canfield
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Earth’S Atmosphere ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Evolution Of Life ◽  
History Of ◽  
Earth's Atmosphere ◽  
Book Covers ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

The air we breathe is 21 percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? This book covers this vast history, emphasizing its relationship to the evolution of life and the evolving chemistry of the Earth. The book guides readers through the various lines of scientific evidence, considers some of the wrong turns and dead ends along the way, and highlights the scientists and researchers who have made key discoveries in the field. Showing how Earth's atmosphere developed over time, the book takes readers on a remarkable journey through the history of the oxygenation of our planet.

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