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

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
• Main Authors: Rossi C., Cianfarra P., Salvini F., Bourgeois O., Tobie G.
• Other Authors: Rossi, C., Cianfarra, P., Salvini, F., Bourgeois, O., Tobie, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Block rotation; Enceladu; lineament; strike‐ slip; tectonics; South Pole; Stripe; South pole
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11590/427008; 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,...