Lithospheric Dilation on Europa

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-97

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Satellite; Satellites of Jupiter; Surfaces; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002412020     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6369     Document Type: Article

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