Convective instability in ice I with non-Newtonian rheology: Application to the icy Galilean satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Barr, Amy C ^a   Pappalardo, Robert T ^a   Zhong, Shijie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Icy satellites; Non Newtonian rheology

Indexed keywords

JUPITER; SATELLITE;

CALLISTO;

EID: 14744293580     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002296     Document Type: Article

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