The heat flow of Europa

Icarus

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 438-446

  Ruiz, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Europa; Satellites of Jupiter; Thermal histories; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444532329     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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