Active shoreline of Ontario Lacus, Titan: A morphological study of the lake and its surroundings

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Wall, S ^a   Hayes, A ^b   Bristow, C ^c   Lorenz, R ^d   Stofan, E ^e,f   Lunine, J ^g   Le Gall, A ^a   Janssen, M ^a   Lopes, R ^a   Wye, L ^h   Soderblom, L ⁱ   Paillou, P ^j   Aharonson, O ^b   Zebker, H ^h   Farr, T ^a   Mitri, G ^b   Kirk, R ⁱ   Mitchell, K ^a   Notarnicola, C ^k   Casarano, D ^l   Ventura, B ^m   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Proxemy Research   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^h Stanford University   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^j OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^k INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^l CNR   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATERIAL; ALLUVIAL FANS; CASSINI; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC FEATURES; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; ONTARIO; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES;

DRAINAGE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; RADAR;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; INFRARED IMAGERY; LAKE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MORPHOLOGY; SATURN; SHORELINE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TITAN;

EID: 77949310350     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041821     Document Type: Article

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