In Search of Impact-Induced H2O-Alteration Signatures: Initial Thermal Constraints
Abstract
Initial heat-transfer calculations suggest that polar ice can be melted and vaporized via impact-generated heating in the near-surface surrounding a crater. Water (liquid + gas) trapped in pore-spaces is available to form chemical alteration products.
- Publication:
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Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
- Pub Date:
- October 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014LPICo1820.3030S