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Science 3 March 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5765, pp. 1250 - 1251
DOI: 10.1126/science.1123985
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PLANETARY SCIENCE:
Creep and Flow on the Icy Moons of the Outer Planets

Peter R. Sammonds

On Earth, the flow of ice depends on its grain size. Higher pressure forms of ice such as those within the icy moons of the outer planets behave similarly, significantly affecting models of their internal dynamics.

The author is in the Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. E-mail: p.sammonds{at}ucl.ac.uk

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