Long-Term Strength of Icy vs Silicate Planetary Bodies

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Mar 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011lpi....42.2306m&link_type=abstract

42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 7–11, 2011 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1608, p.2306

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Topography on small planetary-scale bodies is supported by frictional
strength, while on large planets it is limited by plastic yielding. The
plastic, but not the frictional, strength of icy bodies is about
10× smaller than that of silicate planets.

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