Conductive-Convective Switches of the Ice Shell of Europa: Implications for the Surfaces Structures

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Mar 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005lpi....36.1872m&link_type=abstract

36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League City, Texas, abstract no.1872

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Modest variation in the heat flux in Europa's interior can produce
repeated switches from a conductive to a convective configuration of the
ice shell, with rapid and large variations in thickness. The rapidity of
these switches implies that stress buildup, hence extensive fracture,
would occur.

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