Chaos on Europa

Icarus

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-286

  Greenberg, Richard ^a   Hoppa, Gregory V ^a   Tufts, B R ^a   Geissler, Paul ^a   Riley, Jeannemarie ^a   Kadel, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Geological processes; Ices; Thermal histories; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033211980     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6187     Document Type: Article

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