Tyre and Pwyll: Galileo orbital remote sensing of mineralogy versus morphology at two selected sites on Europa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E9, 2000, Pages 22647-22655

  Fanale, Fraser P ^a,b   Granahan, James C ^b,c   Greeley, Ronald ^d   Pappalardo, Robert ^e   Head III, James ^e   Shirley, James ^f   Carlson, Robert ^f   Hendrix, Amanda ^g   Moore, Jeffrey ^h   McCord, Thomas B ^a   Belton, Michael ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b STI Med Systems   (United States)

^c Marconi Integrated Systems   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ National Optical Astronomical Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033768212     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001102     Document Type: Article

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