Tectonics of Enceladus’ South Pole: Block rotation of the Tiger Stripes

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
• Main Authors: Rossi, Costanza, Cianfarra, Paola, Salvini, Francesco, Bourgeois, Olivier, Tobie, Gabriel
• Other Authors: Università degli Studi Roma Tre = Roma Tre University (ROMA TRE), Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03009906; https://hal.science/hal-03009906/document; https://hal.science/hal-03009906/file/2020JE006471.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006471

International audience • Tectonic activity at Enceladus' south pole is consistent with clockwise block rotation tectonics. • Regional right-lateral strike-slip kinematics induces transtensional and transpressional regimes in the south polar region. • An evolutionary tectonic model is proposed for the past, present and future settings of Enceladus' south polar structures.