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Kevin Zahnle

KZ

111

Publications

15K

Citations

66

H-Index

1982

Active since

Affiliations

Ames Research Center(Current)

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of Washington

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Planetary Science Institute

Kevin Zahnle is an author at Ames Research Center specializing in engineering, earth science, and geochemistry.

Top concepts

EngineeringEarth ScienceGeochemistryAtmospheric ScienceEarth System ScienceGeologyEarth's ClimateAstrophysicsClimate ChangeOrganic Geochemistry

Publications per year

1982–2024

111

Publications

111

Carbon dioxide cycling and implications for climate on ancient Earth

Norman H. Sleep, Kevin Zahnle · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2001 · 574 citations

Engineering, Environmental Cycle, Earth System Science +19

Annihilation of ecosystems by large asteroid impacts on the early Earth

Norman H. Sleep, Kevin Zahnle, James F. Kasting et al. · Nature · 1989 · 563 citations

Early Earth, Engineering, Asteroid +6

Cratering rates in the outer Solar System

Kevin Zahnle, P. Schenk, Harold F. Levison et al. · Icarus · 2003 · 559 citations

Outer Solar System, Meteorite Impact

The 1908 Tunguska explosion: atmospheric disruption of a stony asteroid

Christopher F. Chyba, Paul J. Thomas, Kevin Zahnle · Nature · 1993 · 506 citations

Geophysics, Engineering, Stony Asteroid +6

Biogenic Methane, Hydrogen Escape, and the Irreversible Oxidation of Early Earth

David C. Catling, Kevin Zahnle, Christopher P. McKay · Science · 2001 · 489 citations

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