Heat flow and depth to a possible internal ocean on Triton

Icarus

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 436-439

  Ruiz, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Thermal histories; Triton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348234111     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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