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Spencer & Maloney 1984
Spencer, J.R. and Maloney, P.R. (1984). Mobility of water ice on Callisto: Evidence and implications. Geophysical Research Letters 11: doi: 10.1029/GL011i012p01223. issn: 0094-8276.

Voyager images of Callisto reveal evidence for the accumulation of a bright volatile, presumably water ice, on north-facing slopes in the north polar region. The geometry of these accumulations suggests that ice migration in Callistoan high latitudes is dominated by thermal sublimation, controlled by insolation-dependent surface temperature contrasts. Such sublimation-dominated migration may result in the cold-trapping of most of the surface ice in discrete high-albedo regions.

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