One of the most important inferences of the Lunar Prospector mission data was the existence of subsurface water ice in the permanently shadowed craters near both lunar poles [Feldman et al., 1998]. We propose and substantiate an alternative explanation that hydrogen can exist in the shallow lunar subsurface in the form of clathrate hydrates: CH4 . 6H(2)o and/or CO2 . 6H(2)o.


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    Title :

    On the possibilty of clathrate hydrates on the Moon


    Contributors:
    Duxbury, N. (author) / Nealson, K. (author) / Romanovsky, V. (author)


    Publication date :

    2000-11-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English