Volatile origin and cycles: Nitrogen and methane

Titan from Cassini-Huygens

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 177-199

  Atreya, Sushil K ^a   Lorenz, Ralph D ^b   Waite, J Hunter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c South West Research Institute ^*  (United States)

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