Global geological mapping of Ganymede

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 845-867

  Patterson, G Wesley ^a,c   Collins, Geoffrey C ^b   Head, James W ^c   Pappalardo, Robert T ^d   Prockter, Louise M ^a   Lucchitta, Baerbel K ^e   Kay, Jonathan P ^b,f  

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

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganymede; Jupiter, Satellites; Satellites, Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952582317     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.035     Document Type: Article

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