Ocean-driven heating of Europa's icy shell at low latitudes

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-19

  Soderlund, K M ^a   Schmidt, B E ^a,b   Wicht, J ^c   Blankenship, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 84893773828     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2021     Document Type: Article

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