Orogenic Tectonism on Io

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Mar 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001lpi....32.2045j&link_type=abstract

32nd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 12-16, 2001, Houston, Texas, abstract no.2045

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We estimate Io's lithosphere to be >14 km thick. This suggests that
mountain uplift on Io is dominantly driven by subsidence-related
stresses, though thermal expansion plays a non-negligible role in
orogenic tectonics.

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