Geologic mapping of the northern leading hemisphere of Europa from Galileo solid-state imaging data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E9, 2000, Pages 22629-22646

  Figueredo, Patricio H ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; MAPPING; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 0033759471     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001107     Document Type: Article

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