Eruption of lava flows on Europa: Theory and application to Thrace Macula

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 102, Issue E4, 1997, Pages 9263-9272

  Wilson, Lionel ^a,b   Head, James W ^b   Pappalardo, Robert T ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed extraction; Electrical pulse induced desorption; Ion fragmentation; Ion source; MALDI; Peptides; TOF MS

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOW; VENT GEOMETRY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER ERUPTION;

EUROPA, THRACE MACULA;

EID: 0030854228     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JE00412     Document Type: Article

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