Mercury's exosphere: Origin of surface sputtering and implications

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-79

  Lammer, H ^a   Bauer, S J ^a,b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 0012965041     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(96)00097-9     Document Type: Article

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