Geologic mapping of the Chaac-Camaxtli region of Io from Galileo imaging data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Williams, David A ^a   Radebaugh, Jani ^b   Keszthelyi, Laszlo P ^b   McEwen, Alfred S ^b   Lopes, Rosaly M C ^c   Douté, Sylvain ^c   Greeley, Ronald ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galileo mission; Geologic mapping; Io; Lava flows; Paterae; Planetary volcanism

Indexed keywords

GALILEO MISSION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IO; JUPITER; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0037174594     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001821     Document Type: Article

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