Hydrocarbon radiation chemistry in ices of cometary relevance

Icarus

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 233-235

  Hudson, R L ^a   Moore, M H ^b  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0031091893     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5678     Document Type: Article

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