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Ice-covered volcanic water flows on GanymedeThe most geologically reasonable model for the origin of grooved terrain on Ganymede involves flooding of a planetary graben system by water or water-ice magmas that rose to the surface along normal faults in the rift zones. To investigate this process further, the thermal evolution of a water flow on Ganymede's surface was examined. The model is a variation of earlier work on ice-covered water flows. It is based on the simplifying assumptions that laminar flow and a concomitant solid ice cover are achieved relatively soon after eruption; and that the amount of energy lost to the substratum is negligible.
Document ID
19840015364
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Allison, M. L.
(Massachusetts Univ. Amherst, MA, United States)
Clifford, S. M.
(Massachusetts Univ.)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Washington Repts. of Planetary Geol. Program
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
84N23432
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-7405
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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