Mountains on Titan: Modeling and observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Mitri, Giuseppe ^a   Bland, Michael T ^b   Showman, Adam P ^c   Radebaugh, Jani ^d   Stiles, Bryan ^e   Lopes, Rosaly M C ^e   Lunine, Jonathan I ^f,g   Pappalardo, Robert T ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Brigham Young University   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HEAT FLUX; LITHOSPHERE; MODELING; MOUNTAIN; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TITAN;

EID: 77958163834     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003592     Document Type: Article

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