Cold-trapped organic compounds at the poles of the moon and Mercury: Implications for origins

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Jo Ann ^a   Paige, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLES; SOLAR SYSTEM; VAPORS;

COLD TRAPS; EVAPORATION RATE; ORGANIC MOLECULES; ORGANICS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; VOLATILE DELIVERY;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

ASTEROID; EVAPORATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMAL EVOLUTION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 71949110435     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038614     Document Type: Article

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