Fracture penetration in planetary ice shells

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 536-541

  Rudolph, Maxwell L ^a   Manga, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enceladus; Europa; Ices; mechanical properties; Satellites; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649091303     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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