Stability of methane clathrate hydrates under pressure: Influence on outgassing processes of methane on Titan

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 581-593

  Choukroun, Mathieu ^a   Grasset, Olivier ^b   Tobie, Gabriel ^b   Sotin, Christophe ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Experimental techniques; Geological processes; Geophysics; Interiors; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149131540     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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