Organic sedimentary deposits in Titan's dry lakebeds: Probable evaporite

Icarus

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-140

  Barnes, Jason W ^a   Bow, Jacob ^a   Schwartz, Jacob ^a,b   Brown, Robert H ^c   Soderblom, Jason M ^c,d   Hayes, Alexander G ^e   Vixie, Graham ^a   Le Mouélic, Stéphane ^f   Rodriguez, Sebastien ^g   Sotin, Christophe ^h   Jaumann, Ralf ⁱ   Stephan, Katrin ⁱ   Soderblom, Laurence A ^j   Clark, Roger N ^j   Buratti, Bonnie J ^h   Baines, Kevin H ^k   Nicholson, Philip D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 80052848451     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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