Computer Science
Scientific paper
Apr 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984pggp.rept...71m&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Washington Repts. of Planetary Geol. Program p 71-73 (SEE N84-23431 13-91)
Computer Science
Lithosphere, Planetary Mantles, Plates (Tectonics), Tectonics, Thermal Mapping, Topography, Venus Surface, Crustal Fractures, Environment Models, Geodynamics, Planetary Crusts, Radar Maps, Structural Properties (Geology), Terrain Analysis
Scientific paper
Interest on Venus has centered on three regions; (1) Aphrodite Terra, especially east of the main upland portion, (2) Ishtar Terra, especially Lakshmi Planum and its bounding scarp and massifs, and (3) Beta Regio-Phoebe Regio. The last region is topographically similar to the East African rift system, and has been inferred to have a similar tectonic origin. The Aphrodite region is part of a 21,000 km long tectonic zone that seems best explained as due to extension, and that may represent hot spots clustered along an incipient divergent plate boundary. The most interesting and complex portion of this tectonic zone is that part of eastern Aphrodite between Thetis Regio and Atla Regio. In contrast, the Lakshmi Planum region has many topographic characteristics suggesting that it is a true continent, and thus indicative of convergence and a thick crust. Detailed topographic contour maps of eastern Aphrodite Terra and of Lakshmi Planum are included.
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