Enceladus: An active ice world in the saturn system

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 693-717

  Spencer, John R ^a   Nimmo, Francis ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryovolcanism; Habitability; Planetary satellites; Tectonics; Tidal heating

Indexed keywords

CASSINI SATURN ORBITER; CRYOVOLCANISM; GEOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; HABITABILITY; PLANETARY SATELLITES; PLANETARY SCIENCE; POTENTIAL HABITAT; TIDAL HEATING;

POLES; SATELLITES; SILICATES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; TECTONICS;

ICE;

ICE; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SATURN; SILICATE; SOLAR SYSTEM; VOLCANISM; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84878726065     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-050212-124025     Document Type: Article

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