Radar-bright channels on Titan

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 948-958

  Le Gall, A ^a   Janssen, M A ^a   Paillou, P ^b   Lorenz, R D ^c   Wall, S D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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

Author keywords

Geological processes; Radar observations; Radio observations; Satellites, Surfaces; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952584884     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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