Unstable extension of Enceladus' lithosphere

Icarus

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-105

  Bland, Michael T ^a   Beyer, Ross A ^b,c   Showman, Adam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enceladus; Satellites; surfaces; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048994653     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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