Silicate Volcanism on Europa

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Mar 2001

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32nd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 12-16, 2001, Houston, Texas, abstract no.2068

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Melting of Europa's silicate interior is possible if the heating rate
from tidal dissipation exceeds the rate of heat loss by solid state
convection. In that case, the solid ice shell of Europa might be no more
than a few kilometers in thickness.

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