Geologic mapping of Europa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E9, 2000, Pages 22559-22578

  Greeley, Ronald ^a   Figueredo, Patricio H ^a   Williams, David A ^a   Chuang, Frank C ^a   Klemaszewski, James E ^a   Kadel, Steven D ^a   Prockter, Louise M ^b   Pappalardo, Robert T ^b   Head III, James W ^b   Collins, Geoffrey C ^b   Spaun, Nicole A ^b   Sullivan, Robert J ^c   Moore, Jeffrey M ^d   Senske, David A ^e   Tufts, B Randall ^f   Johnson, Torrence V ^e   Belton, Michael J S ^g   Tanaka, Kenneth L ^h  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; MAPPING; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0033759609     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001173     Document Type: Article

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