Volatile products controlling Titan's tholins production

Icarus

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 230-240

  Carrasco, Nathalie ^a   Gautier, Thomas ^a   Es sebbar, Et touhami ^a,c   Pernot, Pascal ^b   Cernogora, Guy ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Atmospheres, Chemistry; Ionospheres; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860241970     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.034     Document Type: Article

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