Europa: Morphological characteristics of ridges and triple bands from Galileo data (E4 and E6) and assessment of a linear diapirism model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E10, 1999, Pages 24223-24236

  Head, James W ^a   Pappalardo, Robert T ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; GALILEO MISSION; JUPITER; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; SATELLITE;

EID: 0033604184     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE001011     Document Type: Article

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