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Persistent URL	http://purl.org/net/epubs/work/10810177
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Record Id	10810177
Title	Geophysical and Atmospheric Evolution of Habitable Planets
Contributors	H Lammer, F Selsis, E Chassefière, D Breuer, J Grießmeier, YN Kulikov, NV Erkaev, ML Khodachenko, HK Biernat, F Leblanc, E Kallio, R Lundin, F Westall, SJ Bauer, C Beichman, W Danchi, C Eiroa, M Fridlund, H Gröller, A Hanslmeier, W Hausleitner, T Henning, T Herbst, L Kaltenegger, A Léger, M Leitzinger, HI Lichtenegger, R Liseau, J Lunine, U Motschmann, P Odert, F Paresce, J Parnell, A Penny (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), A Quirrenbach, H Rauer, H Röttgering, J Schneider, T Spohn, A Stadelmann, G Stangl, D Stam, G Tinetti, GJ White (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.)
Abstract	The evolution of Earth-like habitable planets is a complex process that depends on the geodynamical and geophysical environments. In particular, it is necessary that plate tectonics remain active over billions of years. These geophysically active environments are strongly coupled to a planet's host star parameters, such as mass, luminosity and activity, orbit location of the habitable zone, and the planet's initial water inventory. Depending on the host star's radiation and particle flux evolution, the composition in the thermosphere, and the availability of an active magnetic dynamo, the atmospheres of Earth-like planets within their habitable zones are differently affected due to thermal and nonthermal escape processes. For some planets, strong atmospheric escape could even effect the stability of the atmosphere.
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Language	English (EN)

Type	Details	URI(s)	Local file(s)	Year
Journal Article	Astrobiology 10, no. 1 (2010): 45-68.	doi:10.1089/ast.2009.0368		2010