Mountains on Io: High-resolution Galileo observations, initial interpretations, and formation models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E12, 2001, Pages 33175-33199

  Turtle, Elizabeth P ^a,t   Jaeger, Windy L ^a,t   Keszthelyi, Laszlo P ^a,t   McEwen, Alfred S ^a,t   Milazzo, Moses ^a,t   Moore, Jeff ^b   Phillips, Cynthia B ^c   Radebaugh, Jani ^a,t   Simonelli, Damon ^d,k   Chuang, Frank ^e,n   Schuster, Peter ^f,r,s   Alexander, D D A ^g   Capraro, K ^g   Chang, S H ^g   Chen, A C ^g   Clark, J ^g   Conner, D L ^g   Culver, A ^g   Handley, T H ^g   Jensen, D N ^g   Knight, D D ^g   LaVoie, S K ^g   McAuley, M ^g   Mego, V ^g   Montoya, O ^g   Mortensen, H B ^g   Noland, S J ^g   Patel, R R ^g   Pauro, T M ^g   Stanley, C L ^g   Steinwand, D J ^g   Thaller, T F ^g   Woncik, P J ^g   Yagi, G M ^g   Yoshimizu, J R ^g   Alvarez Del Castillo, E M ^h   Beyer, R ^h   Branston, D ^h   Fishburn, M B ^h   Muller, B ^h   Ragan, R ^h   Samarasinha, N ^h   Anger, C D ⁱ   Cunningham, C ⁱ   Little, B ⁱ   Arriola, S ^j,x   Carr, M H ^j,x   Asphaug, E ^b   Morrison, D ^b   Rages, K ^b   Banfield, D ^d,k   Bell, M ^d,k   Burns, J A ^d,k   Carcich, B ^d,k   Clark, B ^d,k   Currier, N ^d,k   Dauber, I ^d,k   Gierasch, P J ^d,k   Helfenstein, P ^d,k   Mann, M ^d,k   Othman, O ^d,k   Rossier, L ^d,k   Solomon, N ^d,k   Sullivan, R ^d,e,k   Thomas, P C ^d,k   Veverka, J ^d,k   Becker, T ^j   Edwards, K ^j   Gaddis, L ^j   Kirk, R ^j   Lee, E ^j   Rosanova, T ^j   Sucharski, R M ^j   Beebe, R F ^l   Simon, A ^l   Belton, M J S ^m   Bender, K ^e   Fagents, S ^e   Figueredo, P ^e   Greeley, R ^e   Homan, K ^e   Kadel, S ^e   Kerr, J ^e   Klemaszewski, J ^e   Lo, E ^e   Schwarz, W ^e   Williams, D ^e   Williams, K ^e   Bierhaus, B ⁿ   Brooks, S ⁿ   Chapman, C R ⁿ   Merline, B ⁿ   Keller, J ⁿ   Tamblyn, P ⁿ   Bouchez, A ^o   Dyundian, U ^o   Ingersoll, A P ^o   Showman, A ^o   Spitale, J ^o   Stewart, S ^o   Vasavada, A ^o   Breneman, H H ^g   Cunningham, W F ^g   Johnson, T V ^g   Jones, T J ^g   Kaufman, J M ^g   Klaasen, K P ^g   Levanas, G ^g   Magee, K P ^g   Meredith, M K ^g   Orton, G S ^g   Senske, D A ^g   West, A ^g   Winther, D ^g   Collins, G ^p   Fripp, W J ^p   Head III, J W ^p   Pappalardo, R ^p   Pratt, S ^p   Prockter, L ^p   Spaun, N ^p   Colvin, T ^q   Davies, M ^q   DeJong, E M ^g   Hall, J ^g   Suzuki, S ^g   Gorjian, Z ^g   Denk, T ^r   Giese, B ^r   Koehler, U ^r   Neukum, G ^r   Oberst, J ^r   Roatsch, T ^r   Tost, W ^r   Wagner, R ^r   Dieter, N ^a   Durda, D ^a   Geissler, P ^a   Greenberg, R J ^a   Hoppa, G ^a   Plassman, J ^a   Tufts, R ^a   Fanale, F P ^s   Granahan, J C ^s   Ip, W H ^t   McElroy, M ^u   Yatteau, J ^u   Moore, W B ^v   Schubert, G ^v   Pilcher, C B ^w   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁱ Itres Research Limited   (Canada)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^k Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^l NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m Belton Space Exploration Initiatives LLC   (United States)

ⁿ SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^r Institut für Planetenerkung   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^t MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^u HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^w NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^x U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; GALILEO MISSION; IO; JUPITER; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLANETARY SATELLITE;

EID: 0035717474     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001354     Document Type: Article

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