Formation of mountains on Io: Variable volcanism and thermal stresses

Icarus

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 598-614

  Kirchoff, Michelle R ^a   McKinnon, William B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Io; Satellites; surfaces; Tectonics; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349155317     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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