Melting probes at Lake Vostok and Europa

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 518, 2002, Pages 253-260

  Biele, J ^a   Ulamec, S ^a   Garry, J ^b   Sheridan, S ^b   Morse, A D ^b   Barber, S ^b   Wright, I ^b   Tug H ^c   Mock, T ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; MELTING; ORBITS; PROBES;

MELTING PROBES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036766396     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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