Landform degradation and slope processes on Io: The Galileo view

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E12, 2001, Pages 33223-33240

  Moore, Jeffrey M ^a   Sullivan, Robert J ^b   Chuang, Frank C ^c   Head III, James W ^d   McEwen, Alfred S ^e   Milazzo, Moses P ^e   Nixon, Brian E ^d   Pappalardo, Robert T ^d,f   Schenk, Paul M ^g   Turtle, Elizabeth P ^e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; GALILEO MISSION; IO; JUPITER; MASS MOVEMENT; PLANETARY SATELLITE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035717764     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001375     Document Type: Review

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