Regional geomorphology and history of Titan's Xanadu province

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 672-685

  Radebaugh, J ^a   Lorenz, R D ^b   Wall, S D ^c   Kirk, R L ^d   Wood, C A ^e   Lunine, J I ^f   Stofan, E R ^g   Lopes, R M C ^c   Valora, P ^a   Farr, T G ^c   Hayes, A ^h   Stiles, B ^c   Mitri, G ^c   Zebker, H ⁱ   Janssen, M ^c   Wye, L ⁱ   LeGall, A ^c   Mitchell, K L ^c   Paganelli, F ^g   West, R D ^c   Schaller, E L ^j   more..

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g Proxemy Research   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Stanford University   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Satellites, Surfaces; Saturn, Satellites; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650925901     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.07.022     Document Type: Article

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