Planetary science: Tectonic overturn on Enceladus
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo763
Bibcode: 2010NatGe...3...75H
Helfenstein, Paul
United States
Abstract
The south pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is anomalously warm, geologically youthful and cryovolcanically active. Episodic convective overturn explains how the moon's modest sources of internal heat can be channelled into intense geological activity.
2010
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Nature Geoscience
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