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Volcanic resurfacing rates and implications for volatiles on Io

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Resurfacing rates and surface ages on Io are estimated, together with the material ejection and deposition rates of the active volcanic plumes.

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 91103

    T. V. Johnson

  2. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138

    A. F. Cook II

  3. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853

    C. Sagan

  4. US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86001

    L. A. Soderblom

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Johnson, T., Cook, A., Sagan, C. et al. Volcanic resurfacing rates and implications for volatiles on Io. Nature 280, 746–750 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/280746a0

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