Ion sputtering and surface erosion at Europa

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 829-832

  Ip, W H ^a   Williams, D J ^b   McEntire, R W ^b   Mauk, B H ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; IONOSPHERE; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SPUTTERING; EROSION; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MOLECULES; PLASMA DENSITY;

ION SPUTTERING; MAGNETOSPHERIC PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; SURFACE EROSION; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; GAS EMISSION RATES; ION SPUTTERING RATE; MASS REDISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; SPUTTERING EFFECTS; SURFACE NUMBER DENSITY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; SPUTTERING;

ICY SATELLITE; ION SPUTTERING; SURFACE EROSION;

EUROPA;

EID: 0032520604     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00472     Document Type: Article

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