Europa: Stratigraphy and geological history of the anti-Jovian region from Galileo E14 solid-state imaging data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E7, 1999, Pages 16531-16540

  Prockter, Louise M ^a   Antman, Amy M ^a   Pappalardo, Robert T ^a   Head, James W ^a   Collins, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 1842436359     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE001015     Document Type: Review

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