Furrow flexure and ancient heat flux on Ganymede

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Nimmo, F ^a   Pappalardo, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

5418 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Heat flow; 5455 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Origin and evolution; 5475 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Tectonics (8149); 6218 Planetology: Solar System Objects: Jovian satellites; 8149 Tectonophysics: Planetary tectonics (5475)

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BRITTLE FRACTURE; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BRITTLE-DUCTILE TRANSITION; ELASTIC THICKNESS; FURROW FLEXURE; RIFT-FLANK PROFILES;

HEAT FLUX;

GANYMEDE; HEAT FLOW; JUPITER; PLANETARY SURFACE; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 11044229004     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020763     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Barnett, D. N., F. Nimmo, and D. McKenzie (2002), Flexure of Venusian lithosphere measured from residual topography and gravity, J., Geophys. Res., 107(E2), 5007, doi:10.1029/2000JE001398.
2. Beeman, M., W. B. Durham, and S. H. Kirby (1988), Friction of ice, J.Geophys. Res., 93, 7625-7633.
3. Dombard, A. J., and W. B. McKinnon (2001), Formation of grooved terrain on Ganymede: Extensional instability mediated by cold, superplastic creep, Icarus, 154, 321-336.
4. Giese, B., J. Oberst, T. Roatsch, G. Neukum, J. W. Head, and R. T. Pappalardo (1998), The local topography of Uruk Sulcus and Galileo Regio obtained from stereo images, Icarus, 135, 303-316.
5. Goldsby, D. L., and D. L. Kohlstedt (2001), Superplastic deformation of ice: Experimental observations, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 11,017-11,030.
6. Klinger, J. (1980), Influence of a phase transition of ice on the heat and mass balance of comets, Science, 209, 271-272.
7. Leith, A. C., and W. B. McKinnon (1996), Is there evidence for polar wander on Europa?, Icarus, 120, 387-398.
8. McKinnon, W. B., and H. J. Melosh (1980), Evolution of planetary lithospheres: Evidence from multiring basins on Ganymede and Callisto, Icarus, 44, 454-471.
9. McKinnon, W. B., and E. M. Parmentier (1986), Ganymede and Callisto, in Satellites, edited by J. A. Burns and M. S. Matthews, pp. 718-763, Univ. of Ariz. Press, Tucson.
10. McNutt, M. K. (1984), Lithospheric flexure and thermal anomalies, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 11,180-11,194.
11. Nimmo, F., and M. Manga (2002), Causes, characteristics and consequences of convective diapirism on Europa, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(23), 2109, doi:10.1029/2002GL015754.
12. Nimmo, F., R. T. Pappalardo, and B. Giese (2002), Effective elastic thickness and heat flux estimates on Ganymede, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(7), 1158, doi:10.1029/2001GL013976.
13. Pappalardo, R. T., et al. (1998), Grooved terrain on Ganymede: First results from Galileo high-resolution imaging, Icarus, 135, 276-302.
14. Pappalardo, R. T., and G. C. Collins (2004), Strained craters on Ganymede, J. Struct. Geol., in press.
15. Pappalardo, R. T., G. C. Collins, J. W. Head, P. Helfenstein, T. McCord, J. M. Moore, L. M. Prockter, P. M. Schenk, and J. Spencer (2004), Ganymede, in Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere, edited by F. Bagenal et al., Univ. of Ariz. Press, Tucson, in press.
16. Prockter, L. M., et al. (1998), Dark terrain on Ganymede: Geological mapping and interpretation of Galileo Regio at high resolution, Icarus, 135, 317-344.
17. Prockter, L. M., P. H. Figueredo, R. T. Pappalardo, J. W. Head, and G. C. Collins (2000), Geology and mapping of dark terrain on Ganymede and implications for grooved terrain formation, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 22,519-22,540.
18. Shoemaker, E. M., B. K. Lucchita, J. B. Plescia, S. W. Squyres, and D. E. Wilhelms (1982), The geology of Ganymede, in Satellites of Jupiter edited by D. Morrison, pp. 435-520, Univ. of Ariz. Press, Tucson.
19. Showman, A. P., and R. Malhotra (1997), Tidal evolution into the Laplace resonance and the resurfacing of Ganymede, Icarus, 127, 93-111.
20. Vaughan, D. G. (1995), Tidal flexure at ice shell margins, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 6213-6224.
21. Watts, A. B. (2001), Isostasy and Flexure of the Lithosphere, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
22. Williams, K. K., and R. Greeley (1998), Estimates of ice thickness in the Conamara Chaos region of Europa, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 4273-4276.
23. Zahnle, K., P. M. Schenk, H. F. Levison, and L. Dones (2003), Cratering rates in the outer solar system, Icarus, 163, 263-289.