Thermal stability of volatiles in the north polar region of mercury

Science

Volumn 339, Issue 6117, 2013, Pages 300-303

  Paige, David A ^a   Siegler, Matthew A ^a,b   Harmon, John K ^c   Neumann, Gregory A ^d   Mazarico, Erwan M ^d   Smith, David E ^e   Zuber, Maria T ^e   Harju, Ellen ^a   Delitsky, Mona L ^f   Solomon, Sean C ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f California Specialty Engineering   (United States)

^g GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; VOLATILE AGENT;

BACKSCATTER; COLD REGION; ICE; MERCURY (PLANET); ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANETARY SURFACE; POLAR REGION; RADAR; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALCULATION; ILLUMINATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872500825     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1231106     Document Type: Article

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