Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9620947k&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Nov. 25, 1991, p. 20,947-20,966.
Physics
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Equatorial Regions, Highlands, Planetary Mantles, Plumes, Venus Surface, Finite Element Method, Geoids, Mathematical Models, Planforms, Topography
Scientific paper
The possibility that the Equatorial Highlands are the surface expressions of hot upwelling mantle plumes is considered via a series of mantle plume models developed using a cylindrical axisymmetric finite element code and depth-dependent Newtonian rheology. The results are scaled by assuming whole mantle convection and that Venus and the earth have similar mantle heat flows. The best model fits are for Beta and Atla. The common feature of the allowed viscosity models is that they lack a pronounced low-viscosity zone in the upper mantle. The shape of Venus's long-wavelength admittance spectrum and the slope of its geoid spectrum are also consistent with the lack of a low-viscosity zone. It is argued that the lack of an asthenosphere on Venus is due to the mantle of Venus being drier than the earth's mantle. Mantle plumes may also have contributed to the formation of some smaller highland swells, such as the Bell and Eistla regions and the Hathor/Innini/Ushas region.
Hager Bradford H.
Kiefer Walter Scott
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