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| Title: | Analysis of subsurface clathrates in the upper crust of Titan |
| Authors: | Elliott, John |
| Keywords: | Titan
clathrate hydrate
methane
Cryovolcanic |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2011 |
| Publisher: | Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2011. |
| Citation: | NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP), Pasadena, California, August 2011 |
| Abstract: | Titan has an atmosphere rich in methane, which should have long since been depleted unless a mechanism exists for storing this molecule below the surface. One hypothesis is that methane could be stored in the form of a clathrate hydrate, which is a structure with an ice lattice forming molecular cages in which gases are trapped. It is stable at low temperatures and over a
wide range of pressures, suggesting that a clathrate hydrate may have stored methane on Titan from the beginning of its history. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/42247 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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