Geophysical implications of the long-wavelength topography of the Saturnian satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Nimmo, F ^a   Bills, B G ^b   Thomas, P C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; PLANETARY SATELLITE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATURN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVELENGTH;

RHEA;

EID: 81255176917     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003835     Document Type: Article

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