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. 2024 Jun 27;220(5):51. doi: 10.1007/s11214-024-01072-3

Table 13.

Full Depth Subsurface Exchange EPM

Regime FD01(07) FD02(08) FD03(09) FD04(10) FD05(11) FD06(12)
Surface Roughness Ridged Plains Chaotic Terrain Chaotic Terrain Ridged Plains Ridged Plains Chaotic Terrain
Near-Surface Density Non-Porous
Near-Surface Thickness Thin
Near-Surface Composition Clean Ice
Off-Nadir Surface Feature Ribbons & Curbs
Deep Regolith Absent Present Absent Absent Absent Absent
Surface Temperature Polar & Equatorial
Ice Shell Composition Marine Pure Pure Pure Pure Marine
Ice Shell Thickness Thin Thin Thin Thick Thick Thick
Subsurface Water Interface Mush Mush Mush Sharp Mush Sharp
Basal Temperature Eutectic Eutectic Eutectic Melting Eutectic Melting
(Salt Layer Thickness) 1 m 1 m 1 m 1 m 1 m 0.2 m
(Salt Layer Depth) 1/2 Ice Shell Thickness 10 km