A redetermination of the ice/vapor ratio of Enceladus' plumes: Implications for sublimation and the lack of a liquid water reservoir

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 238-241

  Kieffer, Susan W ^a   Lu, Xinli ^a   McFarquhar, Greg ^a   Wohletz, Kenneth H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enceladus; Ices

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749117389     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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