Photometric and spectral analysis of the distribution of crystalline and amorphous ices on Enceladus as seen by Cassini

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 397-406

  Newman, Sarah F ^a   Buratti, B J ^a   Brown, R H ^b   Jaumann, R ^c   Bauer, J ^a   Momary, T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enceladus; Geological processes; Ices; satellites; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849173865     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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