Habitability of Europa's crust: The role of tidal-tectonic processes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E7, 2000, Pages 17551-17562

  Greenberg, Richard ^a   Geissler, Paul ^a   Tufts, B Randall ^a   Hoppa, Gregory V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EUROPA; ICE; TECTONICS; TIDE; WATER;

EID: 0000650361     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001147     Document Type: Article

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