Some speculations on Titan's past, present and future

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 46, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1099-1107

  Lunine, Jonathan I ^a   Lorenz, Ralph D ^a   Hartmann, William K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Planetary Sciences Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0001327332     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(97)00221-3     Document Type: Article

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