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Microstructure Controls Sublimation Timescales of Exposed Salt-Rich Ices on Icy Worlds

by Keith Cowing

Salt-rich water ice at the surfaces of icy worlds, for example, Europa, Enceladus, and Ceres, is of particular interest for Solar System exploration as it can represent a record of […]

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LunaIcy: Exploring Europa’s Icy Surface Microstructure through Multiphysics Simulations

by Keith Cowing

A multiphysics simulation model incorporating a sintering model coupled with the MultIHeaTS thermal solver was developed to study the evolution of icy moons’ microstructure.

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