Space weathering of ice layers in lunar cold traps

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2293-2298

  Crider, D H ^a   Vondrak, R R ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOILS; SPACE RESEARCH; WEATHERING;

LUNAR COLD TRAPS;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ICE COVER; METEORITE; MOON; SOLAR WIND; VOLATILE ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

EID: 0141785676     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00530-1     Document Type: Article

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