Classification of circular features on Venus

Details Classification of circular features on Venus Classification of circular features on Venus

Apr 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985pggp.rept..103s&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington Repts. of Planetary Geol. and Geophys. Program, 1984 p 103-104 (SEE N85-23474 13-91)

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Classifications, Heat Transfer, Radar Geology, Radar Imagery, Venus (Planet), Venus Surface, Backscattering, Cratering, High Resolution, Planetary Evolution, Volcanology

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Among the unanswered questions concerning Venus are the age of its surface and the mechanisms of lithospheric heat transfer (conduction, plate recycling, and hot spot volcanism). If there is a large population of impact craters, then the surface is ancient and Venus is characterized by conduction like the Moon, and Mercury, rather than plate recycling and hot spot volcanism. Alternatively, if there is a large population of volcanic craters, then the surface is younger and other mechanisms of heat transfer likely dominate. Previous studies have emphasized various aspects of the observational, theoretical, experimental, and comparative planetological studies of cratering on Venus, and several have reached divergent opinions concerning the age of the Venus surface. A major source of uncertainty in previous studies is the possible inclusion of circular features of nonimpact (volcanic or tectonic) origin in the so called impact crater population. A classification scheme of circular features on Venus is developed in order to further distinguish their origin and distribution.

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