Ridge belt tectonics of Ganiki Planitia on Venus

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May 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991em%26p...53..127r&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 53, May 1991, p. 127-148. Research supported by Finnish Cultural Foundation.

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Planetary Geology, Ridges, Structural Properties (Geology), Tectonics, Venus Surface, Planetary Crusts, Planetary Structure

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A study is presented of the main major ridge belts of Ganiki Planitia on Venus (Ahsonnutli, Lauma and Pandrosos Dorsa), a part of the fan-shaped ridge belt complex along the 200 deg parallel. These ridge belts with evidence of crustal shortening support the idea of a large-scale east-west compression, with the ridge belt patterns indicating a north-south shear component. These forces are explained by a triangular planitia area that compressed by surrounding terrains. The ridge belt formation and crustal shortening indicates compressional plate movement stresses in the uppermost lithosphere.

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