Venus resurfacing rates: Constraints provided by 3-D Monte Carlo simulations

Details Venus resurfacing rates: Constraints provided by 3-D Monte Carlo simulations Venus resurfacing rates: Constraints provided by 3-D Monte Carlo simulations

Mar 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993lpi....24..213b&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 1: A-F p 213-214 (SEE N94-12015 01-91)

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Monte Carlo Method, Planetary Geology, Three Dimensional Models, Venus Surface, Planetary Craters, Venus (Planet), Volcanoes

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A 3-D Monte Carlo model that simulates the evolving surface of Venus under the influence of a flux of impacting objects and a variety of styles of volcanic resurfacing was implemented. For given rates of impact events and resurfacing, the model predicts the size-frequency and areal distributions of surviving impact craters as a function of time. The number of craters partially modified by volcanic events is also calculated as the surface evolves. It was found that a constant, global resurfacing rate of approximately 0.4 km3/yr is required to explain the observed distributions of both the entire crater population, and the population of craters partially modified by volcanic processes.

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