A potential thermal erosion lava channel on Io

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Schenk, Paul M ^a   Williams, David A ^b  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5460 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Physical properties of materials; 5464 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Remote sensing; 5480 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Volcanism (8450); 5494 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPACECRAFT; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLOWING SULFUR; GALILEO IMAGES; PHOTOCLINOMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EROSION;

EROSION;

IO; LAVA FLOW;

PATERA;

EID: 16644377804     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021378     Document Type: Article

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