- plains).: 487 As
cryovolcanism largely takes place on icy worlds, the term ice
volcano is
sometimes used colloquially.
Explosive cryovolcanism, or cryoclastic...
-
increase in temperature, but
rather by a
decrease in
melting point.
Cryovolcanism,
instead of
originating in a
uniform subsurface ocean, may
instead take...
-
hypotheses include formation by collapses, or by
flooding caused by
cryovolcanism. Due to
constant erasure and
modification by
ongoing geological activity...
- icy
satellites of the
giant planets. Some
calculations indicate that
cryovolcanism,
which is
considered one of the
possible renewal mechanisms, may indeed...
- with
craters outside the
ancient polar regions likely erased by
early cryovolcanism.
Three large shallow basins (planitiae) with
degraded rims are likely...
- to have been
partially filled in,
perhaps by
raining hydrocarbons or
cryovolcanism.
Radar altimetry suggests topographical variation is low, typically...
- to a
phreatic eruption which does not. One
mechanism for
explosive cryovolcanism is
cryomagma making contact with
clathrate hydrates.
Clathrate hydrates...
-
vacuum of
space by the fractures.
Enceladus -
Cryovolcanism One
possible scheme for Enceladus's
cryovolcanism Possible origins of
methane found in plumes...
- and
ammonia hydrate,
which suggests that it
might have
experienced cryovolcanism. A
small amount of
methane is
present on its surface,
which is only...
- Scientist. ****ents, Sarah; Lopes, Rosaly; Quick, Lynnae; Gregg, Tracy. "
Cryovolcanism" (PDF). ntrs.nasa.gov. Hand, Eric (9
November 2015). "Ice volcanoes...
