Ocean Pressurization, Stress Evolution, and Tensile Fracture Within Icy Moons

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Mar 2009

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40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, (Lunar and Planetary Science XL), held March 23-27, 2009 in The Woodlands, Texas, i

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Thickening of an ice shell overlying an ocean pressurizes the ocean and
tangential stresses of several MPa are produced in the overlying ice
shell. These stresses drive tensile fractures which may facilitate
cryovolcanism.

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