Tidal stress patterns on Europa's crust

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 171-188

  Greenberg, Richard ^a   Hoppa, Gregory V ^a,b   Bart, Gwen ^a   Hurford, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Stress; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346496007     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026169424511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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