The oxidation state of hydrothermal systems on early Enceladus

Icarus

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Glein, Christopher R ^a   Zolotov, Mikhail Yu ^a   Shock, Everett L ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

composition; Cosmochemistry; Enceladus; Interiors; satellites; Satellites; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549091110     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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