On the possibility of clathrate hydrates on the Moon

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TitleOn the possibility of clathrate hydrates on the Moon
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsDuxbury, NS, Nealson, KH, Romanovsky, VE
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research-Planets
Volume106
Pagination27811-27813
Date PublishedNov 25
ISBN Number0148-0227
Keywordscarbon-dioxide, deposits, ice, mercury, stability
Abstract

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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