The role of an internal heat source for the eruptive plumes on Triton

Icarus

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-93

  Duxbury, N S ^a   Brown, R H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0030642231     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5554     Document Type: Article

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