@curator

17 days ago

Article

Jet activity on Enceladus linked to tidally driven strike-slip motion along tiger stripes - Nature Geoscience

Rating: 0.0

Likes: 1

Library: 1

Jet activity on Enceladus linked to tidally driven strike-slip motion along tiger stripes - Nature Geoscience

At Saturn's moon Enceladus, jets along four distinct fractures called 'tiger stripes' erupt ice crystals into a broad plume above the South Pole. The tiger stripes experience variations in tidally driven shear and normal traction as Enceladus orbits Saturn. Here, we use numerical finite-element modelling of a spherical ice shell subjected to tidal forces to show that this traction may produce quasi-periodic strike-slip motion in the Enceladus crust with two peaks in activity during each orbit.

Rating: 0.0

Likes: 1

Library: 1

Rate This Post

Rate The Educational Value

Rate The Ease of Understanding and Presentation

Interesting or Boring? Rate the Entertainment Value

Jet activity on Enceladus linked to tidally driven strike-slip motion along tiger stripes - Nature Geoscience

Rate This Post

Related Topics

Comments

Media:

My Account:

Boostlane:

Select a Category

Topics Trending Today

Recommended Media

Boostlane Reward System

Unlocking the Power of Knowledge
for Humanity's Progress

Quick Links

Select a Locale

Unlocking the Power of Knowledge
for Humanity's Progress

Jet activity on Enceladus linked to tidally driven strike-slip motion along tiger stripes - Nature Geoscience

Rate This Post

Related Topics

Comments

Media:

My Account:

Boostlane:

Select a Category

Topics Trending Today

Recommended Media

Boostlane Reward System

Unlocking the Power of Knowledge for Humanity's Progress

Quick Links

Select a Locale

Unlocking the Power of Knowledge for Humanity's Progress

Unlocking the Power of Knowledge
for Humanity's Progress

Unlocking the Power of Knowledge
for Humanity's Progress