The origin of domes on Europa: The role of thermally induced compositional diapirism

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEAT CONVECTION; ICE; IMPURITIES; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THERMAL PLUMES;

COMPOSITIONAL DIAPIRISM; DOME ELEVATIONS; DOME MORPHOLOGY; ELASTIC THICKNESS;

GEOPHYSICS;

DOME; EUROPA; EXTRATERRESTRIAL FEATURE;

EID: 2442585561     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019202     Document Type: Article

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