Chemical schemes for surface modification of icy satellites: A road map

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 102, Issue E7, 1997, Pages 16385-16390

  Delitsky, Mona L ^a   Lane, Arthur L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy loss spectrometry; Homonuclear diatomic molecules; Hydrogen; Nitrogen; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; ICY SATELLITE; IRRADIATION; JUPITER; SURFACE MODIFICATION;

EID: 0031414618     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JE01250     Document Type: Article

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