Hf-W chronology of the accretion and early evolution of asteroids and terrestrial planets
- T. Kleine, M. Touboul, A. Halliday
- Geology, Physics
- 1 September 2009
The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL
- M. Wieczorek, G. Neumann, M. Zuber
- GeologyScience
- 1 December 2012
The Moon's gravity field shows that the lunar crust is less dense and more porous than was thought, and high-resolution gravity data obtained from the dual Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft show that the bulk density of the Moon's highlands crust is substantially lower than generally assumed.
Energetics of the Core
- F. Nimmo
- Geology, Physics
- 2015
Transient Water Vapor at Europa’s South Pole
Europa's Plumes Jupiter's moon Europa has a subsurface ocean and a relatively young icy surface, and spectral images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope show ultraviolet emissions from the moon's atmosphere that are consistent with two 200-km-high plumes of water vapor.
The Gravity Field and Interior Structure of Enceladus
- L. Iess, D. Stevenson, P. Tortora
- Geology, PhysicsScience
- 4 April 2014
The quadrupole gravity field of Enceladus and its hemispherical asymmetry is determined using Doppler data from three spacecraft flybys to indicate the presence of a negative mass anomaly in the south-polar region, largely compensated by a positive subsurface anomaly compatible with the existence of a regional subsurfaced sea at depths of 30 to 40 kilometers.
A Hadean to Paleoarchean geodynamo recorded by single zircon crystals
- J. Tarduno, R. Cottrell, W. Davis, F. Nimmo, R. Bono
- Geology, PhysicsScience
- 31 July 2015
Full-vector paleointensity measurements of Archean to Hadean zircons bearing magnetic inclusions from the Jack Hills conglomerate are reported to reconstruct the early geodynamo history and imply that early atmospheric evolution on both Earth and Mars was regulated by dynamo behavior.
Shear heating as the origin of the plumes and heat flux on Enceladus
- F. Nimmo, J. Spencer, R. Pappalardo, M. Mullen
- Physics, GeologyNature
- 17 May 2007
It is shown that the most likely explanation for the heat and vapour production is shear heating by tidally driven lateral (strike-slip) fault motion with displacement of ∼0.5 m over a tidal period, suggesting that the ice shell is decoupled from the silicate interior by a subsurface ocean.
Influence of early plate tectonics on the thermal evolution and magnetic field of Mars
- F. Nimmo, D. Stevenson
- Physics, Geology
- 25 May 2000
Recent magnetic studies of Mars suggest that (1) it possessed a periodically reversing magnetic field for the first ∼500 Myr of its existence and (2) plate tectonics may have been operating during…
HOW THE GEYSERS, TIDAL STRESSES, AND THERMAL EMISSION ACROSS THE SOUTH POLAR TERRAIN OF ENCELADUS ARE RELATED
We present the first comprehensive examination of the geysering, tidal stresses, and anomalous thermal emission across the south pole of Enceladus and discuss the implications for the moon's thermal…
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