Strength of the lithosphere of the Galilean satellites

Icarus

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 159-167

  Luttrell, Karen ^a   Sandwell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Callisto; Europa; Ganymede; Ices; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646943249     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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