Heat flow, lenticulae spacing, and possibility of convection in the ice shell of Europa

Icarus

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 362-373

  Ruiz, Javier ^a   Tejero, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Europa; Satellites of Jupiter; Solid body; Thermal histories; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038623962     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00074-X     Document Type: Review

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