The Need for a Facility to Understand Volatile Ice Rheology
Whitepaper #148 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: laboratory studies; ocean worlds; primitive bodies
by Caitlin Ahrens
Published onMar 18, 2021
The Need for a Facility to Understand Volatile Ice Rheology
Thermophysical and rheological processes of ices are still unknown, especially for the outer solar system. Many ocean worlds possess fundamental geological clues to their hidden oceans, but modeling needs to be strengthened with more laboratory work in understanding the ices in a rheological setting.
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