The cycles driving Io’s tectonics
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Abstract
Io is famous for its active volcanoes, but its vigorous tectonics, which are unlike Earth’s plate tectonics, are no less remarkable. The nature of Io’s thick, cold, brittle lithosphere has been revealed through decades of investigations. The dynamics of this system is most easily explained by considering three cycles: magmatic, tectonic, and sulfurous. The magmatic cycle transports heat by a “heat pipe” process that may have operated during the earliest histories of many of the rocky bodies in the Solar System. The subsidence of the erupted lavas drives mountain uplift in the tectonic cycle. Sulfurous fluids could have a significant impact on the movement of both heat and rock.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The cycles driving Io’s tectonics |
| Series title | Elements |
| DOI | 10.2138/gselements.18.6.393 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Mineralogical Society of America |
| Contributing office(s) | Astrogeology Science Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 393 |
| Last page | 398 |
| Other Geospatial | Io |
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