Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10701500 Icarus 2011 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Convection in Europa's ice shell under non-Newtonian GSS creep and tidal heating. ► Tidal dissipation rate has a strong impact on the onset of thermal convection. ► Convection can occur in Europa's ice shell (20-40 km) under non-Newtonian GSS.
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Coupled convection and tidal dissipation in Europa's ice shell using non-Newtonian grain-size-sensitive (GSS) creep rheology
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