Introduction: The striking equatorial ridge of Iapetus was discovered by the Cassini mission [1]. 18 km high, 100-200 km wide and 1600 km long, this ridge accurately encircles almost 1/3 of the satellite’s equator. Iapetus is also unusual in that its shape is out of equilibrium with its current slow rotation rate: Best fits to its second order harmonic shape indicate that its equatorial bulge i...

We model the ascent and eruption of lunar mare basalt magmas with new data on crustal thickness and density (GRAIL), magma properties, and surface topography, morphology and structure (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter). GRAIL recently measured the broad spatial variation of the bulk density structure of the crust of the Moon. Comparing this with the densities of lunar basaltic and picritic magmas s...

This paper describes the implementation of an FBG sensor to measure water levels in a dike. The is based on 3D-printed mechanical transducer through which external pressure converted into longitudinal strain exerted fiber. An additional integrated within measures temperature and used compensate for effects first FBG. By employing aluminum alloy case, suitable operations harsh environments rough...

Dike swarms are the fossil remains of regions crust that have undergone repeated magma injections. Volcanic earthquake and geodetic measurements are, at least in part, a record active injection fluids (water, gas, or magma) into fractures. Here, we link these two ways observing magmatic systems by noting dike thicknesses magnitudes share similar scaling parameters. In Jurassic Independence swar...