Estimates of ice thickness in the Conamara Chaos region of Europa

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4273-4276

  Williams, Kevin K ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ELASTICITY; GLACIERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; MOON; SEA ICE;

CONAMARA CHAOS; ELASTIC LITHOSPHERE; ICE BLOCKS; ICE THICKNESS; BUOYANCY MODELING; GALILEAN MOONS; GALILEO SPACECRAFT; ICE LAYERS; LIQUID SUBLAYER;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE;

EUROPA; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS;

EID: 0033489801     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900144     Document Type: Article

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