Implications from Ithaca Chasma for thermal and orbital history of Tethys

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Chen, E M A ^a   Nimmo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; RESONANCE;

ELASTIC THICKNESSES; ENCELADUS; HEAT SOURCES; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; PERIODIC HEATING; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TIDAL HEATING; TIME SCALES;

HEAT FLUX;

ECCENTRICITY; HEAT FLUX; ORBITAL FORCING; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SATELLITE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TIMESCALE;

EID: 57749202453     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035402     Document Type: Article

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