the surface. Although rare in the inner Solar System, past and recent cryovolcanism is common on planetary objects in the outer Solar System, especially...

increase in temperature, but rather by a decrease in melting point. Cryovolcanism, instead of originating in a uniform subsurface ocean, may instead take...

new definition for the word 'volcano' that includes processes such as cryovolcanism. It suggested that a volcano be defined as 'an opening on a planet or...

January 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020. Krummheuer, Birgit (6 March 2017). "Cryovolcanism on Dwarf Planet Ceres". Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research...

hypotheses include formation by collapses, or by flooding caused by cryovolcanism. Due to constant erasure and modification by ongoing geological activity...

to have been partially filled in, perhaps by raining hydrocarbons or cryovolcanism. Radar altimetry suggests topographical variation is low, typically...

icy satellites of the giant planets. Some calculations indicate that cryovolcanism, which is considered one of the possible renewal mechanisms, may indeed...

to a phreatic eruption which does not. One mechanism for explosive cryovolcanism is cryomagma making contact with clathrate hydrates. Clathrate hydrates...

with craters outside the ancient polar regions likely erased by early cryovolcanism. Three large shallow basins (planitiae) with degraded rims are likely...

and ammonia hydrate, which suggests that it might have experienced cryovolcanism. A small amount of methane is present on its surface, which is only...

conducted twice daily to monitor for surface changes, such as snowfall or cryovolcanism. During the flyby, LORRI captured images with up to 50 m (160 ft) resolution...

through the crust, thereby creating these plumes. The hypothesis that cryovolcanism on Europa could be triggered by freezing and pressurization of liquid...

modern view is that the grooved terrain is mainly tectonic in nature. Cryovolcanism is thought to have played only a minor role, if any. The forces that...

of object to possibly have water-based life. Some icy moons exhibit cryovolcanism, as well as geysers. The best studied example is Saturn's Enceladus...

stripes to have elevated surface temperatures, indicative of present-day cryovolcanism on Enceladus centered on the tiger stripes. The name tiger stripes is...

with no more than 8% organics. The absence of ammonia hydrate excludes cryovolcanism and the observations confirm that the collisional event must have happened...

S2CID 170078974. Desch, S. J.; Neveu, M. (2017). "Differentiation and cryovolcanism on Charon: A view before and after New Horizons". Icarus. 287: 175–186...

interests in Quaoar include its likely disappearing methane atmosphere and cryovolcanism. The mission studied by Brandt and his colleagues would launch using...

watery magma would be denser than its solid icy crust. This means that cryovolcanism on Titan would require a large amount of additional energy to operate...

mechanisms are proposed to explain the absence of craters, including cryovolcanism (volcanoes erupting volatiles instead of magma), convective overturn...

underneath the south-polar surface. The source of the energy for this cryovolcanism is thought to be a 2:1 mean-motion resonance with Dione. The pure ice...

the water flux is high, such as flash-freezing events associated with cryovolcanism. At temperatures less than 77 K, irradiation from ultraviolet photons...

activity at rates comparable to volcanism on Jupiter's moon Io. The cryovolcanism would generate a thin exosphere comparable to that of Jupiter's other...

surface temperature. Its thick atmosphere, methane rain, and possible cryovolcanism create an analogue, though with different materials, to the climatic...

seasonally-deposited layers on Pluto's surface. Models of this type of cryovolcanism construct a Wright Mons-sized structure within 1–10 million years. The...

jets. The extent to which cryovolcanism really occurs is a subject of some debate. At Enceladus, it appears that cryovolcanism occurs because water-filled...

Scientist. Fagents, Sarah; Lopes, Rosaly; Quick, Lynnae; Gregg, Tracy. "Cryovolcanism" (PDF). ntrs.nasa.gov. Hand, Eric (9 November 2015). "Ice volcanoes...

not known, but it appears to be quite thin. It may be the result of cryovolcanism, a spattering of material from outer moons, or residue left by the sublimation...

activity on Triton, such as solar heating through transparent ice, cryovolcanism, or basal heating of nitrogen ice sheets. Cryovolcanic plumes or cryogeysers...

phenomenon. Due to its visual similarity to volcanism and particularly cryovolcanism, the term "ice volcano" is frequently used, but it remains controversial...