Europa: Initial Galileo Geological Observations

Icarus

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-24

  Greeley, Ronald ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a   Klemaszewski, James ^a   Homan, Kim ^a   Head III, James W ^b   Pappalardo, Robert T ^b   Veverka, Joseph ^c   Clark, Beth E ^c   Johnson, Torrence V ^d   Klaasen, Kenneth P ^d   Belton, Michael ^e   Moore, Jeffrey ^f   Asphaug, Erik ^f   Carr, Michael H ^g   Neukum, Gerhard ^h   Denk, Tilmann ^h   Chapman, Clark R ⁱ   Pilcher, Carl B ^j   Geissler, Paul E ^k   Greenberg, R ^k   Tufts, R ^k   more..

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

ⁱ SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0039572480     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5969     Document Type: Article

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