The absence of yardangs on Venus

Details The absence of yardangs on Venus The absence of yardangs on Venus

Jun 1990

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Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 49, June 1990, p. 283, 284.

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Ridges, Venus Surface, Wind Erosion, Satellite Imagery, Venera Satellites

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Yardangs are elongated geological bedrock structures which are result of aeolian activity. These occur commonly in large formations on the kilometer scale on earth and Mars and are evidence of strong recent wind erosion. These strutures should be detectable in the Venera 15/16 imagery of Venus which has a surface resolution of 2-4 km. Yardang formations are not, however, apparent in the Venera 15/16 imagery of Venus. It is hypothesized that they may exist on a smaller scale which is not yet detectable in the radar imagery of Venus. It is noted that the Magellan mission to Venus should provide an imagery resolution at which subkilometer size yardangs and other aeolian features will be visible.

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