On the possibility of clathrate hydrates on the Moon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E11, 2001, Pages 27811-27813

  Duxbury, N S ^a   Nealson, K H ^a   Romanovsky, V E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLATHRATE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN; ICE; MOON;

EID: 0035671190     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001425     Document Type: Article

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