• DOI:10.1038/nature14368
Corpus ID: 4394888

Curtain eruptions from Enceladus’ south-polar terrain

@article{Spitale2015CurtainEF,
  title={Curtain eruptions from Enceladus’ south-polar terrain},
  author={J. Spitale and T. Hurford and A. Rhoden and Emily E. Berkson and Symeon S. Platts},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2015},
  volume={521},
  pages={57-60}
}

• J. Spitale, T. Hurford, +2 authors Symeon S. Platts
• Published 2015
• Geology, Medicine
• Nature

Observations of the south pole of the Saturnian moon Enceladus revealed large rifts in the south-polar terrain, informally called ‘tiger stripes’, named Alexandria, Baghdad, Cairo and Damascus Sulci. These fractures have been shown to be the sources of the observed jets of water vapour and icy particles and to exhibit higher temperatures than the surrounding terrain. Subsequent observations have focused on obtaining close-up imaging of this region to better characterize these emissions. Recent… Expand