Buoyancy of ice in the CH 4-N 2 system

Icarus

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 733-736

  Roe, H G ^a   Grundy, W M ^a  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Ices, Mechanical properties; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861222540     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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