Enceladus: Present internal structure and differentiation by early and long-term radiogenic heating

Icarus

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-355

  Schubert, Gerald ^a,b   Anderson, John D ^c   Travis, Bryan J ^d   Palguta, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Global Aerospace Corporation   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enceladus; Interiors; satellites; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248141255     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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