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Gas-driven water volcanism in the resurfacing of Europa
- Source :
- Icarus. 73
- Publication Year :
- 1988
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1988.
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Abstract
- The creation of pathways for resurfacing of water or volatiles in a model of Europa in which an ocean underlies a thin ice shell is subjected to linear elastic fracture mechanical treatment. The gas-filled portion of the upward-propagating cracks pinches off from the water-filled portion, and may rapidly rise to the surface. The eruption thus generated is at first dominated by gas, but may subsequently include a less extended foam eruption; there may be no direct relationship between this resurfacing phenomenon and the geological features thus far noted on the Europa surface.
- Subjects :
- Lunar And Planetary Exploration
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00191035
- Volume :
- 73
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Journal :
- Icarus
- Notes :
- NAGW-185
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.19880037742
- Document Type :
- Report
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(88)90085-1