Could plate tectonics on Venus be concealed by volcanic deposits

Details Could plate tectonics on Venus be concealed by volcanic deposits Could plate tectonics on Venus be concealed by volcanic deposits

Sep 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9.1021k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Sept. 1982, p. 1021-1024.

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Planetary Geology, Plates (Tectonics), Venus Surface, Volcanoes, Altimeters, Lava, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Satellite-Borne Instruments

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The present investigation is supplementary to a study reported by Kaula and Phillips (1981). From an analysis of Pioneer Venus altimetry, Kaula and Phillips had inferred that any heat loss from the planet by plate tectonics must be small compared to that from the earth. However, it has been suggested by others that plate tectonic may exist on Venus, but that the expected 'square root of s' dependence of the topographic drop off is not observed because it is concealed by lava flows. The present investigation has the objective to conduct an examination whether this suggestion of concealment by lava flow is correct. On the basis of the performed analysis, it is concluded that the results obtained by Kaula and Phillips appear to be well justified.

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