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Dynamic Europa ocean shows transient Taylor columns and convection driven by ice melting and salinity
The deep (~100 km) ocean of Europa, Jupiter’s moon, covered by a thick icy shell, is one of the most probable places in the solar system to find extraterrestrial life. Yet, its ocean dynamics and its interaction with the ice cover have received little attention. Previous studies suggested that Europ...
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8569204/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34737306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26710-0 |