Experimental impact shock chemistry on planetary icy satellites

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 822-835

  Nna Mvondo, Delphine ^a   Khare, Bishun ^a   Ishihara, Tomoko ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Impact processes; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849137893     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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