Short note: Liquid water formation around rocks and meteorites on antarctic polar plateau ice

Antarctic Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-288

  McKay, Christopher P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEORITE; PLATEAU; POLAR REGION; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77954543586     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000118     Document Type: Article

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