Can redistribution of material by sputtering explain the hemispheric dichotomy of Europa?

Icarus

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-101

  Tiscareno, Matthew S ^a   Geissler, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Geological processes; Jupiter, magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037220392     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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