New experimental constraints on the composition and structure of tholins

Icarus

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 218-231

  Quirico, Eric ^a   Montagnac, Gilles ^b   Lees, Victoria ^c   McMillan, Paul F ^c   Szopa, Cyril ^d   Cernogora, Guy ^d   Rouzaud, Jean Noël ^e   Simon, Patrick ^f,g   Bernard, Jean Michel ^a   Coll, Patrice ^h   Fray, Nicolas ^h   Minard, Robert D ⁱ   Raulin, François ^h   Reynard, Bruno ^b   Schmitt, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^h LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; chemistry; Spectroscopy; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049087681     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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