Styles of deformation in Ishtar Terra and their implications

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Oct 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jgr....9716085k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. E10, p. 16,085-16,120.

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Planetary Geology, Tectonics, Venus Surface, Volcanology, Geomorphology, Planetary Mantles, Topography

Scientific paper

Styles of deformation in Ishtar Terra are examined on the basis of imaging by the Magellan radar between the start of the mission and the start of the first superior conjunction hiatus. Ishtar Terra appears to have characteristics of both plume uplifts and convergent belts, and exhibits a great variety of tectonic and volcanic activity, with large variations within distances of only a few hundred kilometers. The most prominent terrain types are the volcanic plains of Lakshmi and the mountain belts of Maxwell, Freyja, and Danu. Ishtar demonstrates three general properties of Venus. Erosional degradation is absent, leading to the preservation of patterns resulting from past activity. Many surface features are the responses of a competent layer less than 10 km thick to flows of 100 km or broader scale. These broader scale flows are controlled mainly by heterogeneities in the mantle.

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