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There was a news briefing at AGU this afternoon covering the results of the Enceladus flybys this fall:
Saturn's Dynamic Moon Enceladus Shows More Signs of Activity http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-rele....cfm?newsID=889 The imaging team has released several image products showcasing the results from the encounter: http://ciclops.org/view_event/98/Enceladus_Shifting_Terrain I do hope you all enjoy the two large mosaics that accompany this image release: Tiger Stripes...Magnified! http://ciclops.org/view/5409/Tiger_StripesMagnified http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11135 A Tectonic Feast http://ciclops.org/view/5310/A_Tectonic_Feast http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11133 I guess the big results from ISS is the "new" theory that the tiger stripes are analogous to the mid-ocean ridges on earth, spreading centers that act as axes where new terrain is produced. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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volcanopele Enceladus @ AGU Dec 15 2008, 09:03 PM
belleraphon1 Absolutely beautiful .... not just the imaging, bu... Dec 15 2008, 11:32 PM dvandorn If Enceladus' crust is actively spreading, the... Dec 16 2008, 05:32 AM volcanopele The spreading is likely compensated via compressio... Dec 16 2008, 06:08 AM Floyd dvandorn
Where is all the heat coming from to keep... Dec 16 2008, 06:52 PM Doc Yes, that paper was out a while ago and neatly exp... Dec 17 2008, 10:37 AM dvandorn Exactly, Doc. There are limits to the compressibi... Dec 17 2008, 03:52 PM Floyd How about compression with fracturing with ice mov... Dec 17 2008, 06:26 PM Phil Stooke "how exactly does compression compensate for ... Dec 17 2008, 06:35 PM Juramike Tectonic compression,
a blue-white impression
ice... Dec 17 2008, 07:05 PM Doc Please enlighten us Phil. To tell you the truth th... Dec 17 2008, 07:20 PM Juramike I think the Ganymede grooved terrain was predicted... Dec 18 2008, 04:15 AM Fran Ontanaya Q. Does the surface ice become amorphous due to th... Dec 18 2008, 05:11 PM
Doc QUOTE (Fran Ontanaya @ Dec 18 2008, 08:11... Dec 18 2008, 05:24 PM Fran Ontanaya But even if the 'accordion' terrain doesn... Dec 18 2008, 06:23 PM Doc I would expect the ice to melt in the relatively w... Dec 18 2008, 07:03 PM Juramike I'm really not sure but...
At the center of t... Dec 18 2008, 07:09 PM Doc Bingo Mike! I think you can call that subducti... Dec 18 2008, 09:23 PM dvandorn When I finally figured out (with Phil's apprec... Dec 19 2008, 05:51 AM scalbers Perhaps I should simply study the video more and s... Dec 20 2008, 10:11 PM  |
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