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Stansberry et al. 1997

Stansberry, J.A., Spencer, J.R., Howell, R.R., Dumas, C. and Vakil, D. (1997). Violent silicate volcanism on Io in 1996. Geophysical Research Letters 24: doi: 10.1029/97GL02593. issn: 0094-8276.

We monitored Io's volcanic thermal emission from 1.7 to 4.8 &mgr;m in 1995/96. The data reveal a number of brightenings when Io's thermal emission increased several-fold. We use a model of emission from lava flows to understand observations of two brightenings in 1996. The brightenings were caused by eruptions ≃3 km2 in extent, with eruptive rates of 104--106 m2s-1, and with maximum lava temperatures ≥1400 K. These events were probably lava lakes and/or fire fountains. ¿ 1997 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Volcanism, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Surface materials and properties, Volcanology, General or miscellaneous, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, General or miscellaneous

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Geophysical Research Letters
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