Isotopic evolution of the major constituents of Titan's atmosphere based on Cassini data

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1917-1930

  Mandt, Kathleen E ^a   Waite Jr , J Hunter ^a   Lewis, William ^a   Magee, Brian ^a   Bell, Jared ^a   Lunine, Jonathan ^b   Mousis, Olivier ^b,c   Cordier, Daniel ^d,e  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE BESANÇON   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIV RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric escape; Atmospheric evolution; Isotopes; Titan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ESCAPE; ATMOSPHERIC EVOLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CASSINI; COMPREHENSIVE METHOD; FRACTIONATORS; GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE; HIGH RATE; HYDRODYNAMIC ESCAPE; ION NEUTRAL MASS SPECTROMETERS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; METHANE PRODUCTION; RATE LOSS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME PERIODS; TIME-SCALES; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE;

DEGASSING; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; PHOTOLYSIS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 70449634157     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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