Viscous relaxation as a prerequisite for tectonic resurfacing on Ganymede: Insights from numerical models of lithospheric extension
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.10.017
Abstract: Abstract Ganymede’s bright terrain formed during a near-global resurfacing event (or events) that produced both heavily tectonized and relatively smooth terrains. The mechanism(s) by which resurfacing occurred on Ganymede (e.g., cryovolcanic or tectonic), and the… read more here.
Keywords: topography; terrain; tectonic resurfacing; extension ... See more keywords