Gas trapping in water ice at very low deposition rates and implications for comets

Icarus

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 183-189

  Notesco, G ^a   Bar Nun, Akivab ^a   Owen, T ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, evolution; Comets; Comets, origin; Ices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037355822     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00059-3     Document Type: Review

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