Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Part I History, Origin, Dynamics
- Part II Geology, Surface, Interior
- 6 Internal Structure of Ganymede
- 7 Ganymede’s Geology
- 8 The Cratering Record of Ganymede: Surface Ages, Impactor Populations, and Evolutional History
- 9 The Topography of Ganymede: Geology, Global Characteristics, and Future Exploration
- 10 Ganymede’s Surface Composition
- 11 Physical Chemistry and Thermal Properties of Ices at Ganymede
- 12 Structure and Evolution of Ganymede’s Hydrosphere
- 13 The Origin of Ganymede’s Internal Magnetic Field
- Part III Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere
- Part IV Astrobiology
- Appendix A Maps of Ganymede
- Appendix B Ganymede Parameters
- Index
10 - Ganymede’s Surface Composition
from Part II - Geology, Surface, Interior
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 February 2025
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Part I History, Origin, Dynamics
- Part II Geology, Surface, Interior
- 6 Internal Structure of Ganymede
- 7 Ganymede’s Geology
- 8 The Cratering Record of Ganymede: Surface Ages, Impactor Populations, and Evolutional History
- 9 The Topography of Ganymede: Geology, Global Characteristics, and Future Exploration
- 10 Ganymede’s Surface Composition
- 11 Physical Chemistry and Thermal Properties of Ices at Ganymede
- 12 Structure and Evolution of Ganymede’s Hydrosphere
- 13 The Origin of Ganymede’s Internal Magnetic Field
- Part III Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere
- Part IV Astrobiology
- Appendix A Maps of Ganymede
- Appendix B Ganymede Parameters
- Index
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- Ganymede , pp. 147 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025