Hydrated minerals on Europa's surface: An improved look from the Galileo NIMS investigation

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 639-650

  McCord, Thomas B ^a   Hansen, Gary B ^b   Combe, Jean Philippe ^a   Hayne, Paul ^a,c  

^a Bear Fight Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Jupiter, Satellites; Satellites, Composition; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956297604     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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