Ice melting and downward transport of meltwater by two-phase flow in Europa's ice shell

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F14%3A10272310" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/14:10272310 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013JE004563" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013JE004563</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013JE004563" target="_blank" >10.1002/2013JE004563</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Ice melting and downward transport of meltwater by two-phase flow in Europa's ice shell

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

With its young surface, very few impact craters, and the abundance of tectonic and cryovolcanic features, Europa has likely been subjected to relatively recent endogenic activity. Morphological analyses of chaos terrains and double ridges suggest the presence of liquid water within the ice shell a few kilometers below the surface, which may result from enhanced tidal heating. A major issue concerns the thermal/gravitational stability of these water reservoirs. Here we investigate the conditions under which water can be generated and transported through Europa's ice shell. We address particularly the downward two-phase flow by solving the equations for a two-phase mixture of water ice and liquid water in one-dimensional geometry. In the case of purely temperate ice, we show that water is transported downward very efficiently in the form of successive porosity waves. The time needed to transport the water from the subsurface region to the underlying ocean varies between approximate to 1

Název v anglickém jazyce

Ice melting and downward transport of meltwater by two-phase flow in Europa's ice shell

Popis výsledku anglicky

With its young surface, very few impact craters, and the abundance of tectonic and cryovolcanic features, Europa has likely been subjected to relatively recent endogenic activity. Morphological analyses of chaos terrains and double ridges suggest the presence of liquid water within the ice shell a few kilometers below the surface, which may result from enhanced tidal heating. A major issue concerns the thermal/gravitational stability of these water reservoirs. Here we investigate the conditions under which water can be generated and transported through Europa's ice shell. We address particularly the downward two-phase flow by solving the equations for a two-phase mixture of water ice and liquid water in one-dimensional geometry. In the case of purely temperate ice, we show that water is transported downward very efficiently in the form of successive porosity waves. The time needed to transport the water from the subsurface region to the underlying ocean varies between approximate to 1

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

DE - Zemský magnetismus, geodesie, geografie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LL1202" target="_blank" >LL1202: Materiály s implicitními konstitutivními vztahy: Od teorie přes redukci modelů k efektivním numerickým metodám</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2014

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

ISSN

2169-9097

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

119

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

532-549

Kód UT WoS článku

000334446800010

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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