Mechanism for Blow-Off of the Earth's Atmosphere
Population of the Van Allen Belt
ResearchPublished 1971
The rate of loss of terrestrial atmosphere from earthquake motions is estimated. Some of this atmosphere ionizes as it is blown off through the magnetosphere, and the amount so ionized seems to be abundantly ample to account for C, N, and O found in the Van Allen Belt.
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Libby, Leona Marshall, Mechanism for Blow-Off of the Earth's Atmosphere: Population of the Van Allen Belt, RAND Corporation, P-4631, 1971. As of September 19, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P4631.html
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