Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Oct 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1161s&link_type=abstract
EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1161
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
Ganymede is the largest icy satellite yet no longer geologically active; Enceladus, though small, is currently active, and so holds valuable keys to understanding icy satellite tectonics and cryovolcanism. We examine viscously relaxed craters on these two bodies as a window into their thermal histories and the geologic activities associated with past heat flow. We take advantage of topographic information to constrain the shapes of viscously relaxed craters for two purposes: 1) to inform viscoelastic finite element studies of relaxation by providing realistic initial and final profiles of similarly sized craters [1], and 2) to ultimately produce maps of heat flow (for a given duration) for different portions of Ganymede's and Enceladus' surface.
Bland Michael T.
McKinnon William B.
Schenk Paul M.
Singer Kelsi N.
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