Tectonics of Enceladus’ South Pole: Block rotation of the Tiger Stripes

Costanza Rossi (1) , Paola Cianfarra (1) , Francesco Salvini (1) , Olivier Bourgeois (2) , G. Tobie (2)

1 ROMA TRE - Università degli Studi Roma Tre = Roma Tre University
2 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique [UMR 6112]

• Tectonic activity at Enceladus' south pole is consistent with clockwise block rotation tectonics. • Regional right-lateral strike-slip kinematics induces transtensional and transpressional regimes in the south polar region. • An evolutionary tectonic model is proposed for the past, present and future settings of Enceladus' south polar structures.

Domaines: Planétologie

Costanza Rossi, Paola Cianfarra, Francesco Salvini, Olivier Bourgeois, G. Tobie. Tectonics of Enceladus’ South Pole: Block rotation of the Tiger Stripes. Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, In press, ⟨10.1029/2020JE006471⟩. ⟨hal-03009906⟩