Analysis of the time-dependent chemical evolution of Titan Haze tholin

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 172-182

  Khare, Bishun N ^a   Bakes, E L O ^a   Imanaka, Hiroshi ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^a   Cruikshank, Dale P ^a   Arakawa, Edward T ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Alkanes; Amines; Aromatics; Hydrocarbons; Stratospheric chemistry; Tholins; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036853767     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6899     Document Type: Article

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