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cbkeller
on Oct 23, 2018
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Mars likely to have enough oxygen to support life:...
There's a bit of comparison of the two (thermal vs. non-thermal escape) here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_escape#Thermal_esc...
but I don't know the relative proportions on Mars. There have been some recent studies of the xenon isotopic composition of the paleo-Martian atmosphere that might provide a bit more insight, and in particular suggest most of the loss happened early:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X1...
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