TY - JOUR
T1 - Ice-Ocean Exchange Processes in the Jovian and Saturnian Satellites
AU - Soderlund, Krista M.
AU - Kalousová, Klára
AU - Buffo, Jacob J.
AU - Glein, Christopher R.
AU - Goodman, Jason C.
AU - Mitri, Giuseppe
AU - Patterson, G. Wesley
AU - Rovira-Navarro, Marc
AU - Vermeersen, Bert
AU - More Authors, null
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - A growing number of satellites in the outer solar system likely have global oceans beneath their outer icy shells. While the presence of liquid water makes these ocean worlds compelling astrobiological targets, the exchange of heat and materials between the deep interior and the surface also plays a critical role in promoting habitable environments. In this article, we combine geophysical, geochemical, and geological observations of the Jovian satellites Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto as well as the Saturnian satellites Enceladus and Titan to summarize our current state of understanding of their interiors and surface exchange processes. Potential mechanisms for driving exchange processes upward from the ocean floor and downward from the satellite surface are then reviewed, which are primarily based on numerical models of ice shell and ocean dynamics and complemented by terrestrial analog studies. Future missions to explore these exo-oceans will further revolutionize our understanding of ice-ocean exchange processes and their implications for the habitability of these worlds.
AB - A growing number of satellites in the outer solar system likely have global oceans beneath their outer icy shells. While the presence of liquid water makes these ocean worlds compelling astrobiological targets, the exchange of heat and materials between the deep interior and the surface also plays a critical role in promoting habitable environments. In this article, we combine geophysical, geochemical, and geological observations of the Jovian satellites Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto as well as the Saturnian satellites Enceladus and Titan to summarize our current state of understanding of their interiors and surface exchange processes. Potential mechanisms for driving exchange processes upward from the ocean floor and downward from the satellite surface are then reviewed, which are primarily based on numerical models of ice shell and ocean dynamics and complemented by terrestrial analog studies. Future missions to explore these exo-oceans will further revolutionize our understanding of ice-ocean exchange processes and their implications for the habitability of these worlds.
KW - Callisto
KW - Enceladus
KW - Europa
KW - Ganymede
KW - Ice-ocean exchange
KW - Titan
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087041170&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11214-020-00706-6
DO - 10.1007/s11214-020-00706-6
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85087041170
SN - 0038-6308
VL - 216
JO - Space Science Reviews
JF - Space Science Reviews
IS - 5
M1 - 80
ER -