Fault offsets and lateral crustal movement on Europa - Evidence for a mobile ice shell

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Europa, Geological Faults, Icy Satellites, Planetary Crusts, Structural Properties (Geology), Astronomical Models, Lithosphere, Regolith, Tectonics, Jupiter, Satellites, Crust, Motion, Europa, Ice, Icy Bodies, Origin, Lineaments, Fractures, Deformation, Formation, Composition, Fracturing, Lithosphere, Water, Photographs, Diagrams, Bands, Surface, Features, Tectonics, Models, Thickness, Temperature

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An examination is conducted of Europa's cross-cutting structural relationships between various lineament types, in order to constrain the type of structure involved in each such case and, where possible, to also constrain the degree of extension across the lineaments. Evidence is adduced for significant lateral crustal movement, allowing alternative models and mechanisms for lineament formation to be discussed, as well as plausible lithospheric and crustal models. The question as to whether any of the water-ice layer has been, or currently is, liquid, is also treated in light of the evidence obtained.

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