Rheology of solid methane and nitrogen - Applications of Triton

Details Rheology of solid methane and nitrogen - Applications of Triton Rheology of solid methane and nitrogen - Applications of Triton

Sep 1990

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Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, Sept. 1990, p. 1753-1756.

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Methane, Nitrogen, Rheology, Solidified Gases, Triton, Annealing, Grain Size, Ice, Particle Diffusion, Topography, Van Der Waals Forces

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The existing information about the rheological properties of solid methane and nitrogen is reviewed. The main limitation is the absence of creep data for solid nitrogen, but estimated properties are derived on the basis of simple scaling arguments for van der Waals bonded materials. On Triton solid methane and most likely nitrogen are too soft to support any topography over billions of years. Topographic support by water ice-rich materials seems almost certain. Nitrogen and methane do not intermix by solid-state diffusion. The weakness (absence?) of the opposition effect on Triton can be explained by annealing of nitrogen grains, provided the latter have sizes characteristic of freshly deposited frost.

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