Persistence of thin ice regions in Europa's ice crust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 12-1-12-4

  Buck, Leon ^a   Chyba, Christopher F ^b   Goulet, Marc ^a   Smith, Alex ^a   Thomas, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; IRON; SILICATES; THERMAL PLUMES; VISCOUS FLOW;

TIDAL HEATING;

GEOPHYSICS;

EUROPA; HEAT FLUX; ICE THICKNESS;

EID: 0037113528     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016171     Document Type: Article

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