Modeling global impact effects on middle-sized icy bodies: Applications to Saturn's moons

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 457-466

  Bruesch, Lindsey S ^a   Asphaug, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

General; Impact processes; Interiors; Satellite; Satellites; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842865623     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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