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Icy Shells

Icy Shells is a planetary surface construct denoting the outermost solid layer of ice-dominated moons and dwarf planets, distinguished by its composition of crystalline and amorphous water ice, often interspersed with volatile compounds, and shaped by cryovolcanic, tectonic, and impact processes unique to cold, low-gravity environments.

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Hydrogen Clusters in Clathrate Hydrate

Wendy L. Mao, Ho‐kwang Mao, Alexander F. Goncharov et al. · Science · 2002 · 916 citations

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Galileo Magnetometer Measurements: A Stronger Case for a Subsurface Ocean at Europa

M. G. Kivelson, K. K. Khurana, C. T. Russell et al. · Science · 2000 · 712 citations

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Trapping and release of gases by water ice and implications for icy bodies

A. Bar‐Nun, G. Herman, D. Laufer et al. · Icarus · 1985 · 283 citations

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Thickness constraints on the icy shells of the galilean satellites from a comparison of crater shapes

P. Schenk · Nature · 2002 · 266 citations · Full text

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Composition and stability of salts on the surface of Europa and their oceanic origin

M. Yu. Zolotov, Everett L. Shock · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2001 · 231 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RT
    R. T. Pappalardo

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    6 publications · 371 citations

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  2. SM
    S. M. Howell

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 254 citations

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  3. AC
    A. C. Barr

    Southwest Research Institute, United States

    4 publications · 346 citations

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  4. CS
    C. Sotin

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    4 publications · 207 citations

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  5. FN
    F. Nimmo

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    4 publications · 212 citations

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Institutions

139

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    15 h-index

    249 publications

    21.8K citations

  2. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    5K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    7 h-index

    33 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences

    Nantes, France

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    551 citations

  6. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    717 citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    786 citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    793 citations

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  1. Icarus

    13 publications · 939 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 11 publications · 939 citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    8 publications · 411 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

    7 publications · 247 citations

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  5. The Planetary Science Journal

    5 publications · 233 citations

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