The role of SO2 in volcanism on Io
Abstract
Io and Earth are the only planetary bodies known to be volcanically active; the energetics of the eruptive plumes on Io have important structural implications and are closely linked with the presence of sulphur and SO2.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- August 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1038/280738a0
- Bibcode:
- 1979Natur.280..738S
- Keywords:
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- Io;
- Liquid-Vapor Equilibrium;
- Plumes;
- Sulfur Dioxides;
- Volcanology;
- Voyager Project;
- Entropy;
- Gas Density;
- Gas Temperature;
- Phase Diagrams;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration