Evolution of Titan's rocky core constrained by Cassini observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Castillo Rogez, Julie C ^a   Lunine, Jonathan I ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; LEACHING; POTASSIUM;

CASSINI; CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION; HEAT SOURCES; HYDRATED SILICATE; MOMENT OF INERTIA; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

SILICATES;

DEHYDRATION; HEAT SOURCE; POTASSIUM; SILICATE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TITAN;

EID: 78149278451     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044398     Document Type: Article

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