Venus tectonics - an overview of Magellan observations

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Aug 1992

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. E8, Aug. 25, 1992, p. 13,199-13,255. Research supported by Magell

Physics

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Magellan Spacecraft (Nasa), Plates (Tectonics), Radar Imagery, Radio Altimeters, Satellite Observation, Venus Surface, General Overviews, Lithosphere, Planetary Crusts, Volcanology

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Magellan observations of the tectonic characteristics of highland regions on Venus are discussed with reference to competing theories for highland formation and evolution. Complex rigid terrain, or tessera, and the extent to which these elevated blocks of intensely deformed crust may be genetically related to highlands are then considered. Further, the tectonics of plains and lowland regions are examined, including deformation belts and coronae, and possible relations between such features and mantle dynamics. Implications of these observations for the global tectonics of Venus are discussed.

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