Strong ocean tidal flow and heating on moons of the outer planets

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7223, 2008, Pages 770-773

  Tyler, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATION; ECCENTRICITY; EUROPA; HEAT SOURCE; JUPITER; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN TIDE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE; RESONANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COLD; FLOW RATE; HEATING; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 57649124193     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07571     Document Type: Article

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