On the origin of south polar folds on Enceladus

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 499-503

  Barr, Amy C ^a   Preuss, Lauren J ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b 150 West University Boulevard ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Enceladus; Saturn; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953540563     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.038     Document Type: Article

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