Searching for liquid water in Europa by using surface observatories

Astrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-103

  Khurana, Krishan K ^a   Kivelson, Margaret G ^a   Russell, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; Europa; Galileo; Liquid water; Ocean; Search for life; Seismic exploration

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; JUPITER; WATER;

EID: 0036491184     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110702753621376     Document Type: Article

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