Preliminary studies concerning subsurface probes for the exploration of icy planetary bodies

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 621-634

  Treffer, Melanie ^a   Kömle, Norbert I ^a   Kargl, Günter ^a   Kaufmann, Erika ^a   Ulamec, Stephan ^b   Biele, Jens ^b   Ivanov, Alexander ^b   Funke, Oliver ^b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melting probes; Planetary ices; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; MELTING; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; SPACE RESEARCH; SUBLIMATION;

LATENT HEAT; MELTING PROBES; PLANETARY ICES; SUBSURFACE;

PLANETS;

EID: 33646487135     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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