Prockter LM, Pappalardo RT. Folds on Europa: implications for crustal cycling and accommodation of extension.
Science 2000;
289:941-3. [PMID:
10937995 DOI:
10.1126/science.289.5481.941]
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Abstract
Regional-scale undulations with associated small-scale secondary structures are inferred to be folds on Jupiter's moon Europa. Formation is consistent with stresses from tidal deformation, potentially triggering compressional instability of a region of locally high thermal gradient. Folds may compensate for extension elsewhere on Europa and then relax away over time.
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