Strike-slip faults on Europa: Global shear patterns driven by tidal stress

Icarus

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-298

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Satellites of Jupiter; Tectonics; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033210467     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6185     Document Type: Article

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