Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufm.p52a..02w&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #P52A-02
Mathematics
Logic
5464 Remote Sensing, 5470 Surface Materials And Properties, 5480 Volcanism (6063, 8148, 8450), 6219 Io
Scientific paper
NASA's Galileo Mission (1996-2003) acquired excellent images of the antijovian (or far side) hemisphere of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, which are complementary to the subjovian (or near side) images obtained by the 1979 NASA Voyager Mission. In 2005 the U.S. Geological Survey produced a set of global image mosaics of Io (spatial resolution 1 kilometer/picture element and full color) that enable for the first time production of a complete global geologic map. We have mapped Io using ArcGIS software to assess the types and abundances of process-related geologic material units and structures, to gain further insights into the types and styles of activity that shape this hyperactive volcanic moon. We find that lava flow fields make up about 28% of the surface, in which bright (presumably sulfur) flows are twice as abundant as dark (presumably silicate) flows. Many of the bright flows do not have adjacent dark flows, perhaps indicative of extensive primary rather than secondary sulfur volcanism (i.e., effusion of crustal sulfur magma, rather than sulfur-rich country rock melted by adjacent silicate magma). Ephemeral, diffuse pyroclastic plume deposits mantle about 18% of the surface at any time, and include condensed sulfur and sulfur dioxide gases and silicate ash. Patera (i.e., caldera) floors contain lava flows and/or some lava lakes, and cover only 2.5% of the surface, but are the source of most of the active hot spots. Restriction of effusive resurfacing mostly to caldera-like topographic depressions, and the ephemeral nature of plume deposits, explains the relatively small amount of surface changes observed between the Voyager and Galileo missions. Tectonic mountains, rising up to 17 km, cover about 3% of the surface, but close association of about one-third to one-half of the mountains with paterae suggest linkage of volcanic and tectonic processes. About 67% of Io is covered by plains, thought to consist of silicate crust covered with accumulations of lava flows and pyroclastics whose boundaries are not discernable. No impact craters have been found on Io, indicating a surface age of less than a few tens of millions of years. We will discuss the implications of these results for Io's volcanism.
Crown David A.
Jaeger Windy L.
Keszthelyi Laszlo P.
Schenk Paul M.
Williams David. A.
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