Modeling ammonia-ammonium aqueous chemistries in the Solar System's icy bodies

Icarus

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 932-946

  Marion, G M ^a   Kargel, J S ^b   Catling, D C ^c   Lunine, J I ^d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmochemistry; Enceladus; Geological processes; Mineralogy; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864046907     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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