Thermal convection in the outer shell of large icy satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E3, 2001, Pages 5107-5121

  Deschamps, Frédéric ^a,b   Sotin, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; PLANETARY PHENOMENA; SATELLITE;

EID: 0000335606     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001253     Document Type: Article

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