Polar wander on Triton and Pluto due to volatile migration

Icarus

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 469-478

  Rubincam, David Parry ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0038442143     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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