Evaluation of sulfur flow emplacement on Io from Galileo data and numerical modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E12, 2001, Pages 33161-33174

  Williams, David A ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^a   Lopes, Rosaly M C ^b   Davies, Ashley G ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALILEO MISSION; IO; JUPITER; LAVA FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY SATELLITE; SULFUR;

EID: 0035717969     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001340     Document Type: Review

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