Cassini observations of flow-like features in western Tui Regio, Titan

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作者：
Barnes, Jason W. [1 ]
Brown, Robert H.
Radebaugh, Jani
Buratti, Bonnie J.
Sotin, Christophe
Le Mouelic, Stephane
Rodriguez, Sebastien
Turtle, Elizabeth P.
Perry, Jason
Clark, Roger
Baines, Kevin H.
Nicholson, Phillip D.
机构：
[1] Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[2] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
[3] Univ Nantes, UMR CNRS, Lab Planetol & Geodynam, F-44322 Nantes, France
[4] US Geol Survey, Denver, CO 80225 USA
[5] Cornell Univ, Dept Astron, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2006年 / 33卷 / 16期
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D O I：
10.1029/2006GL026843
中图分类号：
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号：
07 ;
摘要：
A large (> 3 x 10(4) km(2)), lobate, 5-mu m-bright region seen by Cassini on Titan's leading equatorial region is best explained as a flow field. We discuss observations from the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer and Imaging Science Subsystem of the feature and present a map of the field. We establish relative ages of flow features and discuss possible formation mechanisms and the implications of this finding for the evolution of Titan's surface.
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