Solid tidal friction above a liquid water reservoir as the origin of the south pole hotspot on Enceladus

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 642-652

  Tobie, G ^a,b   Cadek O ^c   Sotin, C ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enceladus; Ices; Infrared observations; Interiors; solid body; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149089660     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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