A post-Galileo view of Io's interior
Abstract
We present a self-consistent model for the interior of Io, taking the recent Galileo data into account. In this model, Io has a completely molten core, substantially molten mantle, and a very cold lithosphere. Heat from magmatic activity can mobilize volatile compounds such as SO 2 in the lithosphere, and the movement of such cryogenic fluids may be important in the formation of surface features including sapping scarps and paterae.
- Publication:
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Icarus
- Pub Date:
- May 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.01.005
- Bibcode:
- 2004Icar..169..271K