Massive ice avalanches on Iapetus mobilized by friction reduction during flash heating

Delayed formation of the equatorial ridge on Iapetus from a subsatellite created in a giant impact

(2012) Andrew J. Dombard et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Granular nanoparticles lubricate faults during seismic slip

(2011) R. Han et al.   GEOLOGY

Sublimation’s impact on temporal change of albedo dichotomy on Iapetus

(2011) Jun Kimura et al.   ICARUS

Tectonics on Iapetus: Despinning, respinning, or something completely different?

(2011) Kelsi N. Singer et al.   ICARUS

Static and dynamic angles of repose in loose granular materials under reduced gravity

(2011) M. G. Kleinhans et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Fault lubrication during earthquakes

(2011) G. Di Toro et al.   NATURE

Landslides in Valles Marineris (Mars): A possible role of basal lubrication by sub-surface ice

(2011) Fabio Vittorio De Blasio   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Flash Heating Leads to Low Frictional Strength of Crustal Rocks at Earthquake Slip Rates

(2011) D. L. Goldsby et al.   SCIENCE

Physics of ice friction

(2010) Anne-Marie Kietzig et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Understanding how volume affects the mobility of dry debris flows

(2009) L. Staron et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Formation of Iapetus' Extreme Albedo Dichotomy by Exogenically Triggered Thermal Ice Migration

(2009) J. R. Spencer et al.   SCIENCE

Frictionite as evidence for a large Late Quaternary rockslide near Kanchenjunga, Sikkim Himalayas, India — Implications for extreme events in mountain relief destruction

(2008) Johannes T. Weidinger et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

A model for frictional melt production beneath large rock avalanches

(2008) Fabio Vittorio De Blasio et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The topography of Iapetus' leading side

(2007) Bernd Giese et al.   ICARUS