Putative ice flows on Europa: Geometric patterns and relation to topography collectively constrain material properties and effusion rates

Icarus

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 413-424

  Miyamoto, Hideaki ^a,b   Mitri, Giuseppe ^a,c   Showman, Adam P ^a   Dohm, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europa; Ices; Satellites of Jupiter; Surfaces; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444494978     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.03.014     Document Type: Article

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