Kevin Zahnle

16.5k citations
177 papers · 10.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 56
Topics
Astro and Planetary Science (126 papers)Planetary Science and Exploration (109 papers)Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers)

In The Last Decade

Kevin Zahnle

174 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Kevin Zahnle
Comparison fields: 5 of 129
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 7.4k
  • Atmospheric Science 3.2k
  • Geophysics 1.6k
  • Paleontology 1.5k
  • Ecology 809
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Zahnle

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All Works

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Exploring post-impact reducing greenhouse climates for early Mars with the NASA Ames Mars Global Climate Model
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Xenon Fractionation and Archean Hydrogen Escape. II. Now More Than Ever
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Warming Early Mars by Impact Degassing of Reduced Greenhouse Gases
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THERMAL EMISSION and REFLECTED LIGHT SPECTRA of SUPER EARTHS with FLAT TRANSMISSION SPECTRA
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The Role of Ejecta in Mid-Sized Saturnian Satellites' Crater Distributions
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Fates of ejecta from co-orbital satellites: Tethys, Telesto, and Calypso
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The Population of Impactors on the Inner Saturnian Satellites
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Transfer of Impact Ejecta from Io to Europa
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Atmospheric Sulfur Chemistry on Ancient Mars
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Adsorption of Ammonia onto Ammonium Hydrosulfide Cloud Particles in Jupiter's Atmosphere
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Tossing Out the Leftovers: The Fate of the Remains of Earth's Formation
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Fractionation of terrestrial neon by hydrodynamic hydrogen escape from ancient steam atmospheres
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Martian Xenology, III. The Untold Story
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Xenological Constraints on the Impact Erosion of the Martian Atmosphere
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About Kevin Zahnle

Kevin Zahnle is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Paleontology, having authored 177 papers that have together received 10.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astro and Planetary Science (126 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (109 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (7.4k citations), Paleontology (1.5k citations) and Atmospheric Science (3.2k citations). Kevin Zahnle has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include David C. Catling, Norman H. Sleep, Mark W. Claire, L. Dones, James F. Kasting, Harold F. Levison, P. Schenk, Christopher P. McKay, James C. G. Walker and O. B. Toon. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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