Craters, smooth terrains, flows, and layering on the comet nuclei

Solar System Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-117

  Basilevsky, A T ^a,b   Keller, H U ^b  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 34247539472     PISSN: 00380946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0038094607020037     Document Type: Article

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