Desorption of alkali atoms and ions from oxide surfaces: relevance to origins of Na and K in atmospheres of Mercury and the Moon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E3, 1998, Pages 5873-5887

  Madey, Theodore E ^a   Yakshinskiy, B V ^a   Ageev, V N ^b   Johnson, R E ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

MERCURY; MOON;

EID: 0032565039     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE00230     Document Type: Article

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