Photochemical formation rates of organic aerosols through time-resolved in situ laboratory measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Ádámkovics, Máté ^a   Boering, Kristie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Earth; Hydrocarbon aerosol; Photochemistry; Planetary atmospheres; Titan haze

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EARLY EARTH; HYDROCARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLYMERIZATION; TITAN;

EID: 0348124590     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je002028     Document Type: Article

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