On a ring origin of the equatorial ridge of Iapetus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Ip, W H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; SATELLITES;

CURIOUS RIDGE SYSTEM; EQUATORIAL RIDGE SYSTEM; IMAGING SCIENCE SUBSYSTEM (ISS);

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; IAPETUS OCEAN; IMAGING METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RING COMPLEX; SATELLITE;

EID: 33845620309     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025386     Document Type: Article

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