Multi-phase volcanic resurfacing at Loki Patera on Io

K. de Kleer,M. F. Skrutskie,Jarron Leisenring,Ashley Gerard Davies,Albert Rudolph Conrad,I. de Pater,A. Resnick,Vanessa P. Bailey,Denis Defrere,Philip M. Hinz,A. Skemer,Eckhart Spalding,A. Vaz,Christian Veillet,Charles E. Woodward

Multi-phase volcanic resurfacing at Loki Patera on Io

2017

K. de Kleer
M. F. Skrutskie
Jarron Leisenring
Ashley Gerard Davies
Albert Rudolph Conrad
I. de Pater
A. Resnick
Vanessa P. Bailey
Denis Defrere
Philip M. Hinz
A. Skemer
Eckhart Spalding
A. Vaz
Christian Veillet
Charles E. Woodward

Interferometric telescope observations of the Jovian moon Io reveal that the floor of the Loki Patera volcano has been resurfaced in two waves, with different starting times and velocities.

Keywords:

Jupiter
Astrobiology
Patera
Volcanology
Volcano
Jovian
Telescope
Geology
Occultation
Seismology
Lava
Crust

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