Tidally driven strike-slip displacement on Europa: Viscoelastic modeling

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1225-1245

  Preblich, Brandon ^a   Greenberg, Richard ^a   Riley, Jeannie ^a   O'Brien, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Geological processes; Ice mechanics; Tectonics; Tides

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SLIP FORMING; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EUROPA; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ICE MECHANICS; LIQUID WATER SUBSTRATES; SLIP DISPLACEMENT;

TIDES;

EID: 34447130886     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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