Photometric changes on Saturn's Titan: Evidence for active cryovolcanism

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Nelson, Robert M ^a   Kamp, Lucas W ^a   Lopes, Rosaly M C ^a   Matson, Dennis L ^a   Kirk, Randolph L ^b   Hapke, Bruce W ^c   Wall, Stephen D ^a   Boryta, Mark D ^d   Leader, Frank E ^a   Smythe, William D ^a   Mitchell, Karl L ^a   Baines, Kevin H ^a   Jaumann, Ralf ^e   Sotin, Christophe ^a   Clark, Roger N ^f   Cruikshank, Dale P ^g   Drossart, Pierre ^h   Lunine, Jonathan I ⁱ   Combes, Michel ^h   Bellucci, Giancarlo ^j   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^k   Capaccioni, Fabrizio ^j   Cerroni, Pricilla ^j   Coradini, Angioletta ^j   Formisano, Vittorio ^j   Filacchione, Gianrico ^j   Langevin, Yves ^k   McCord, Thomas B ^l   Mennella, Vito ^m   Nicholson, Phillip D ⁿ   Sicardy, Bruno ^h   Irwin, Patrick G J ^o   Pearl, John C ^p   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Mt San Antonio College   (United States)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f US Geolgocial Survey   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^j CNR   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^l Bear Fight Center   (United States)

^m INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

ⁿ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^p NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; CASSINI SATURN ORBITER; CRYOVOLCANISM; PHOTOMETRIC CHANGES; SATURN'S MOONS; SURFACE CHANGES; SURFACE FLOW; SURFACE PROCESS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES; TIME VARIABILITY; TITAN'S INTERIOR; VISUAL AND INFRARED MAPPING SPECTROMETERS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; LOCATION; MORPHOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; PLANETARY SURFACE; SATURN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TITAN; VOLCANISM;

EID: 66149181876     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036206     Document Type: Article

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