Tidal heating and convection in the medium sized icy satellites

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 157-169

  Czechowski, L ^a   Leliwa Kopystynski J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

Author keywords

Icy satellites; Solid state convection; Tectonics; Tidal interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347756720     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026136025400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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