Onset of convection, heat flow and thickness of the Europa's ice shell

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-104

  Ruiz, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; PLANETARY SATELLITE;

EID: 0031291507     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006278609491     Document Type: Article

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