Astypalaea Linea: A Large-Scale Strike-Slip Fault on Europa

Icarus

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-

  Tufts, B Randall ^a   Greenberg, Richard ^a   Hoppa, Gregory ^a   Geissler, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Satellite; Satellites of Jupiter; Surfaces; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042259252     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6168     Document Type: Article

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