Insights into corona formation through statistical analyses

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Dec 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002jgre..107.5135g&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), Volume 107, Issue E12, pp. 18-1, CiteID 5135, DOI 10.1029/2002JE001904

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Planetary Sciences: Interiors (8147), Planetary Sciences: Volcanism (8450), Planetary Sciences: Origin And Evolution

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Statistical analysis of an expanded database of coronae on Venus indicates that the populations of Type 1 (with fracture annuli) and 2 (without fracture annuli) corona diameters are statistically indistinguishable, and therefore we have no basis for assuming different formation mechanisms. Analysis of the topography and diameters of coronae shows that coronae that are depressions, rimmed depressions, and domes tend to be significantly smaller than those that are plateaus, rimmed plateaus, or domes with surrounding rims. This is consistent with the model of Smrekar and Stofan [1997] and inconsistent with predictions of the spreading drop model of Koch and Manga [1996]. The diameter range for domes, the initial stage of corona formation, provides a broad constraint on the buoyancy of corona-forming plumes. Coronae are only slightly more likely to be topographically raised than depressions, with Type 1 coronae most frequently occurring as rimmed depressions and Type 2 coronae most frequently occurring with flat interiors and raised rims. Most Type 1 coronae are located along chasmata systems or fracture belts, while Type 2 coronae are found predominantly as isolated features in the plains. Coronae at hot spot rises tend to be significantly larger than coronae in other settings, consistent with a hotter upper mantle at hot spot rises and their active state.

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