Revisiting the thermal inertia of Iapetus: Clues to the thickness of the dark material

Icarus

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 347-358

  Rivera Valentin, Edgard G ^a   Blackburn, David G ^b   Ulrich, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Iapetus; Satellites, Surfaces; Saturn, Satellites

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053906965     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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