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Lava Lakes on Io: Crust Age and Implications for Thermal Output

  • Authors: Alessandro Mura, Rosaly M. C. Lopes, Federico Tosi, Peter J. Mouginis-Mark, Jani Radebaugh, Francesca Zambon, Matteo Paris, Scott Bolton, Alberto Adriani, Roberto Sordini, Andrea Cicchetti, Raffaella Noschese, Giuseppe Piccioni, Christina Plainaki, Giuseppe Sindoni

Alessandro Mura et al 2026 The Planetary Science Journal 7 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Three examples of lava lakes with clear evidence of an outer hot ring and a colder, yet emitting, inner crust. (A) Chors Patera in orbit 55. (B) Catha Patera in orbit 62. (C) Pfu1036 in orbit 57. Colors are coded according to M-band radiances, with all units in mW Sr−1 m−2. Adapted from A. Mura et al. (2025a) and F. Tosi et al. (2025).

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