Enceladus' Hydrothermal Circulation System
Abstract
"We found traces of free CO2 …." (Brown et al., 2006 p. 1427 [1]). The profound question for which Brown et al. did not have an answer is how did pure CO2 ice come to be on the surface. We suggest that the CO2 came from gas pockets trapped below the ice. We show that such pockets are a natural consequence of the hydrothermal circulation of Enceladus' gasrich ocean water.
- Publication:
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European Planetary Science Congress
- Pub Date:
- September 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013EPSC....8...94M