Titan's inventory of organic surface materials

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a   Mitchell, Karl L ^b   Kirk, Randolph L ^c   Hayes, Alexander G ^d   Aharonson, Oded ^d   Zebker, Howard A ^e   Paillou, Phillipe ^f   Radebaugh, Jani ^g   Lunine, Jonathan I ^h   Janssen, Michael A ^b   Wall, Stephen D ^b   Lopes, Rosaly M ^b   Stiles, Bryan ^b   Ostro, Steve ^b   Mitri, Giuseppe ^b   Stofan, Ellen R ⁱ  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Stanford University   (United States)

^f LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g Brigham Young University   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ Proxemy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOPHYSICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROCARBONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EQUATORIAL DUNE SANDS; ORGANIC SURFACE MATERIALS; POLAR LAKE LIQUIDS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRATER; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; PHOTOLYSIS; RADAR; SOLAR SYSTEM; TITAN;

EID: 40849113275     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032118     Document Type: Article

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