Does Europa have a subsurface ocean? Evaluation of the geological evidence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E10, 1999, Pages 24015-24055

  Pappalardo, R T ^a   Belton, M J S ^b   Breneman, H H ^c   Carr, M H ^d   Chapman, C R ^e   Collins, G C ^a   Denk, T ^f   Fagents, S ^g   Geissler, P E ^h   Giese, B ^f   Greeley, R ^g   Greenberg, R ^h   Head, J W ^a   Helfenstein, P ⁱ   Hoppa, G ^h   Kadel, S D ^g   Klaasen, K P ^c   Klemaszewski, J E ^g   Magee, K ^c,j   McEwen, A S ^h   Moore, J M ^k   Moore, W B ^l   Neukum, G ^f   Phillips, C B ^h   Prockter, L M ^a   Schubert, G ^l   Senske, D A ^c,j   Sullivan, R J ⁱ   Tufts, B R ^h   Turtle, E P ^h   Wagner, R ^f   Williams, K K ^g   more..

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^j Sterling Software   (United States)

^k NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EUROPA; JUPITER; SATELLITE; WATER;

EID: 0033604183     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE000628     Document Type: Review

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