Impact Erosion of Planetary Atmospheres: Some Surprising Results

Icarus

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 224-240

  Newman, William I ^a   Symbalisty, Eugene M D ^b   Ahrens, Thomas J ^c   Jones, Eric M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000249680     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6076     Document Type: Article

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