The effects of strain localization on the formation of Ganymede's grooved terrain

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 396-410

  Bland, Michael T ^a   McKinnon, William B ^a   Showman, Adam P ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganymede; Ices; Jupiter, satellites; Satellites, surfaces; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957255918     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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