Geology and mapping of dark terrain on Ganymede and implications for grooved terrain formation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E9, 2000, Pages 22519-22540

  Prockter, Louise M ^a,c   Figueredo, Patricio H ^b   Pappalardo, Robert T ^a   Head III, James W ^a   Collins, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANYMEDE; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0033759065     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001179     Document Type: Article

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