An icy mineralogy package (IMP) for in-situ studies of Titan's surface

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-137

  Fortes, A Dominic ^a   Wood, Ian G ^a   Dobson, David P ^a   Fewster, Paul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MALVERN INSTRUMENTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mineralogy; Titan; X ray diffraction; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ETHYLENE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ICE; INERT GASES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ELEMENT ABUNDANCES; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; HIGH-PRESSURE POLYMORPH; MINIMUM DETECTION LIMITS; TITAN; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 67349183241     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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