Cassini RADAR images at hotei arcus and western Xanadu, Titan: Evidence for geologically recent cryovolcanic activity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Wall, S D ^a   Lopes, R M ^a   Stofan, E R ^b   Wood, C A ^c   Radebaugh, J L ^d   Horst S M ^e   Stiles, B W ^a   Nelson, R M ^a   Kamp, L W ^a   Janssen, M A ^a   Lorenz, R D ^f   Limine, J I ^e   Fair, T G ^a   Mitri, G ^a   Paillou, P ^g   Paganelli, F ^b   Mitchell, K L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Proxemy Research Inc   (United States)

^c WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Brigham Young University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; CASSINI TITAN RADAR MAPPER; LAVA FLOWS; RADAR IMAGE; VISUAL AND INFRARED MAPPING SPECTROMETERS; VOLCANIC REGION;

RADAR;

ALBEDO; INFRARED IMAGERY; LAVA FLOW; PLANETARY LANDFORM; RADAR IMAGERY; SPECTROMETER; TERRAIN; TITAN;

EID: 66149183238     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036415     Document Type: Article

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