Ion Implantation and Chemical Cycles in the Icy Galilean Satellites

• Published in: Earth, Moon, and Planets
• Main Authors: STRAZZULLA, Giovanni, PALUMBO, Maria Elisabetta, Boduch, P., Rothard, H.
• Other Authors: ITA, FRA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Jupiter; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/34267; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11038-023-09550-4; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11038-023-09550-4; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85161924991

An essential requisite for the appearance and permanence of life on Earth is the onset of a continuous “cycling” of some key atoms and molecules. Cycling of elements probably also occurs on other objects and is driven by biological or a-biological processing. Here we investigate the cycling of some...