The role of episodic overturn in generating the surface geology and heat flow on Enceladus

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-91

  Oneill, Craig ^a   Nimmo, Francis ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EPISODIC EVENT; GEYSER; HEAT FLOW; OVERTURN; POLAR REGION; SATURN; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TIDAL CURRENT;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; RHEA;

EID: 76449114013     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo731     Document Type: Article

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