Implications of shear heating and fracture zones for ridge formation on Europa

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Han, Lijie ^a   Showman, Adam P ^b  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; ICE; TOPOGRAPHY;

FRACTURE ZONES; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONVECTION; FRACTURE ZONE; HEATING; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR; TOPOGRAPHY; UPWELLING;

EUROPA ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

EID: 41849100732     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031957     Document Type: Article

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