Projects Database

Mechanics of Crack Formation on Europa

Project Leader:
Dr. W. Roger Buck

Earth Institute Contact: Dr. W. Roger Buck

Additional External Researchers:
Robert Pappalardo, University of Colorado at Boulder

Special Locations:
Europa

Description:
This project seeks to understand the formation of various types of features that are apparently related to cracking including ridges and bands on the surface of the icy Jovian satellite Europa.

EI Unit:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)

Core Disciplines:
Cross-Disciplinary

Collaborating Institutions:
University of Colorado at Boulder

Last Modified: 12-31-1969