Hydrated salt minerals on Europa's Surface from the Galileo near-infrared mapping spectrometer (NIMS) investigation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E5, 1999, Pages 11827-11851

  McCord, Thomas B ^a   Hansen, Gary B ^a   Matson, Dennis L ^b   Johnson, Torrence V ^b   Crowley, James K ^c   Fanale, Fraser P ^a   Carlson, Robert W ^b   Smythe, William D ^b   Martin, Patrick D ^a,d   Hibbitts, Charles A ^a   Granahan, James C ^e,f   Ocampo, Adriana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^e STI Med Systems   (United States)

^f Marconi Integrated Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; PLANETARY SURFACE; SALT;

EID: 17144364330     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE900005     Document Type: Article

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