Lunar ice: Adsorbed water on subsurface polar dust

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 386-397

  Cocks, F H ^a   Klenk, P A ^a   Watkins, S A ^a,b   Simmons, W N ^a   Cocks, J C ^a,c   Cocks, E E ^a,d   Sussingham, J C ^a,e  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b LLP   (United States)

^c Choate Hall/Stewart   (United States)

^d US Department of Commerce   (United States)

^e USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Moon; Moon, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036957816     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6972     Document Type: Article

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