Tidally heated convection: Constraints on Europa's ice shell thickness

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Tobie, Gabriel ^a   Choblet, Gaël ^a   Sotin, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Equilibrium thickness; Europa; Ice; Thermal convection; Tidal dissipation

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; THERMAL CONVECTION; TIDE;

EID: 1342268948     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002099     Document Type: Article

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