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

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
• Main Authors: Costanza Rossi, Cianfarra Paola, Francesco Salvini, Olivier Bourgeois, Gabriel Tobie
• Other Authors: Costanza, Rossi, Cianfarra, Paola, Francesco, Salvini, Olivier, Bourgeoi, Gabriel, Tobie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union; Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Block rotation; Enceladus; lineaments; strike-slip; tectonics; South Pole; Stripe; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/1068598; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006471

The South Polar Terrain (SPT) of Enceladus is a site with eruptions of gas and water ice particle plumes, which indicate internal geodynamic activity. These eruptions are located along a series of tectonic structures, that is, the Tiger Stripe Fractures (TSF), which are composed of regularly spaced,...