Titan's Astrobiology

Titan from Cassini-Huygens

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 215-233

  Raulin, F ^a   McKay, C ^b   Lunine, J ^c   Owen, T ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9215-2_9     Document Type: Chapter

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