Titan's native ocean revealed beneath some 45 km of ice by a Schumann-like resonance

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 342, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 425-433

  Béghin, Christian ^a   Sotin, Christophe ^b   Hamelin, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Ionospheres; Magnetospheres; Planet interiors; Titan

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE; PLASMA; RESONANCE; TITAN;

EID: 77953123146     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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