Saturn's Titan: Surface change, ammonia, and implications for atmospheric and tectonic activity

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 429-441

  Nelson, R M ^a   Kamp, L W ^a   Matson, D L ^a   Irwin, P G J ^b   Baines, K H ^a   Boryta, M D ^c   Leader, F E ^a   Jaumann, R ^d   Smythe, W D ^a   Sotin, C ^e   Clark, R N ^f   Cruikshank, D P ^g   Drossart, P ^h   Pearl, J C ⁱ   Hapke, B W ^j   Lunine, J ^k   Combes, M ^h   Bellucci, G ^l   Bibring, J P ^m   Capaccioni, F ^l   Cerroni, P ^l   Coradini, A ^l   Formisano, V ^l   Filacchione, G ^l   Langevin, R Y ^m   McCord, T B ⁿ   Mennella, V ^o   Nicholson, P D ^p   Sicardy, B ^h   more..

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Mount San Antonio College   (United States)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^l INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^o INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^p Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Ices; Infrared observations; Spectrophotometry; Spectroscopy; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 58949095764     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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