Tidally forced viscous heating in a partially molten Io

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Dec 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985icar...64..391r&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 64, Dec. 1985, p. 391-400.

Physics

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Geophysical Fluids, Heat Transmission, Io, Planetary Temperature, Tides, Viscous Fluids, Dissipation, Heat Flux, Lithosphere, Planetary Cores

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The authors investigate tidal dissipative heating in two different models of Io. The partially molten asthenosphere model consists of a rigid inner core and a thin (less than 400 km thick) partially molten "decoupling" layer (asthenosphere) surrounded by an elastic lithosphere. In the partially molten interior model the interior beneath the lithosphere is partially molten throughout. The partially molten region in each model is assumed to possess negligible shear strength and to be characterized by a Newtonian viscosity. Tidal deformation and dissipation in the core of the thin asthenosphere model are assumed negligible.

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