Formation of methane in comet impacts: Implications for Earth, Mars, and Titan

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 475-483

  Kress, Monika E ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Evolution; Impact processes; Planetary formation; Prebiotic environments; Terrestrial planets; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842854588     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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