Distribution of strike-slip faults on Europa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E9, 2000, Pages 22617-22627

  Hoppa, Gregory ^a   Greenberg, Richard ^a   Tufts, B Randall ^a   Geissler, Paul ^a   Phillips, Cynthia ^a   Milazzo, Moses ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EUROPA; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EID: 0033768187     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001156     Document Type: Article

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