IR Spectra of Irradiated Cometary Ice Analogues Containing Methanol: A New Assignment, a Reassignment, and a Nonassignment

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 661-663

  Hudson, R L ^a   Moore, M H ^b  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Composition; Ices; Organic chemistry; Radiation chemistry; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001256941     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6377     Document Type: Article

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