No More Looking from the Same Side of a Mostly Liquid Surface Terrestrial-based Moon
Section 1: Non-Duplicate Proofs.
Section 2: Background, THE QUESTION, and Useful Info.
Section 3: Other cited ways of preventing.
Section 4: Sources and Additional Resources.
Section 5: TL;DR
Non-Duplicate Proofs This is not a duplicate of https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/27751/tidal-lock-on-a-water-moon. The answer provided there does not answer this question (or that one fully either). I am providing these specific proofs because of the last comment made by <PERSON> another post of mine (https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95094/can-you-have-an-eccentric-horseshoe-orbit-for-long?noredirect=1#comment282046_95094) insisting that the resources in an answer to a question determines its duplication, and not the question itself. If these are not satisfactory, I am also providing question based proofs of non-duplication.
Answer based proofs
The answer provided by <PERSON> makes many generalizations, which don't always stand true.
1. <PERSON> insists that those worlds that are close enough to the sun to have liquid water would constantly be losing it, which in and of itself may be true, but given a high enough escape velocity as well as a thick enough atmosphere and magnetosphere, the loss would prove negligible on time scales of millions to billions of years, not to mention possible reintroduction of water from other sources. He does not mention escape velocity, and also provides an answer based on little to no atmosphere as well as magnetosphere, both of which my moon has.
2. The claim that most moons aren't going to have major amounts of liquid surface also falls flat in that I've seen numerous sources saying that if a moon of a gas giant were to migrate inward, it would be a so called water world (sources at the very end, and I'll provide more if needed).
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The fact that <PERSON> cites Titan as having ice under its surface, yet neglecting to mention the fact that much of this ice would melt and populate the surface of Titan with much more water were it to heat up is also a point of contention.
4. The answer provided by bowlturner does not provide enough qualifiers under the "hard-science" tag, and therefore does not answer my question.
In summary, not only is the answer given not definitive for my question, much of what is said is actually not true for all or most cases.
Question Based Proofs
1. My question pertains to any liquid, and not necessarily just water. This allows for different densities, freezing and boiling points, heat absorption and dispersion rate, and many other factors as long as they would be liquid on the surface.
2. <PERSON> asked a question wondering whether a watery world could and would be tidal locked, whereas my question asks specifically how to prevent tidal locking with any liquid in high quantities under specified parameters for a terrestrial based moon.
Background:
I've been researching tidal locking like no other, and I've seen ways of getting around it, and pretty much all of them have been well explained, except for one.
I've seen very very vague comments alluding to keeping a world from tidal locking if it's covered in liquid water (or I'm assuming any liquid). After the first one, I thought it was just a fluke or something, and then I saw one or two more, and now I'm very intrigued as to whether this could be a viable natural way of stopping tidal locking (as long as the liquid stays).
Now it may be specifically because of an atmosphere that this would occur, but I really don't know. I know that in the case of an atmosphere, it has something to do with angular momentum and heat lagging behind the time of when it heats the ground vs the atmosphere or something along those lines, and I'm curious if this could be a similar case that is multiplied more for a mostly liquid surface.
THE QUESTION:
Could you stop or reverse tidal locking on the surface (or mantle) of a terrestrial based moon (see info about pertaining system) by having a mostly liquid (only one main piece of land mostly used as a way to test the tidal lock) covered world? If yes, how much liquid would be needed, and would said liquid need to be of a specific density or viscosity to even be possible? And I would appreciate a "why" in any given answers (preferably with linked articles or other proofs). 710