Mathematics
Scientific paper
Dec 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992lpico.789...96s&link_type=abstract
In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Papers Presented to the International Colloquium on Venus p 96-97 (SEE N93-14288 04-91)
Mathematics
Magma, Planetary Geology, Planetary Mantles, Planetary Structure, Solidification, Temperature Distribution, Temperature Gradients, Venus (Planet), Volcanology, Earth (Planet), Liquidus, Planetary Surfaces, Solidus, Spatial Distribution, Surface Temperature
Scientific paper
The recent Magellan images have revealed a broad spatial distribution of surface volcanism on Venus. Previous work in modeling the ascent of magma on both Venus and Earth has indicated that the planetary thermal structure significantly influences the magmatic cooling rates and thus the amount of magma that can be transported to the surface before solidification. In order to understand which aspects of the thermal structure have the greatest influence on the cooling of ascending magma, we have constructed magma cooling curves for both plutonic and crack buoyant ascent mechanisms, and evaluated the curves for variations in the planetary mantle temperature, thermal gradient curvature with depth, surface temperature gradient, and surface temperature. The planetary thermal structure is modeled as T/T0 = 1-tau(1-Z/Z0n, where T is the temperature, T0 is the source depth temperature, tau = 1-(Ts/T0) where Ts is the planetary surface temperature, Z is the depth, Z0 is the source depth, and n is a constant that controls thermal gradient curvature with depth. The equation is used both for mathematical convenience and flexibility, as well as its fit to the thermal gradients predicted by the cooling half-space models. We assume a constant velocity buoyant ascent, body-averaged magma temperatures and properties, an initially crystal-free magma, and the same liquidus and solidus for both Venus and Earth.
Sakimoto Susan E. H.
Zuber Maria T.
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