Fig. 4: Schematic interior structure of an icy moon and the various geological processes involving the eutectic and cenotectic. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Schematic interior structure of an icy moon and the various geological processes involving the eutectic and cenotectic.

From: On the equilibrium limit of liquid stability in pressurized aqueous systems

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These processes include but are not limited to brine pocket migrations, percolation, possible eruptions (eutectic), and freezing of the hydrosphere from above (ice Ih) and below (high-pressure ices) that results in the cenotectic ocean. Ice Ih layer relative thickness is exaggerated for clarity.

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