Thermal convection in the porous methane-soaked regolith of Titan: Investigation of stability

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 599-606

  Czechowski, Leszek ^a   Kossacki, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Regoliths; Satellites; surfaces; Thermal histories; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649983128     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.032     Document Type: Article

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