Volatile transport on Venus and implications for surface geochemistry and geology

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Jan 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jgr...100.1553b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 100, no. E1, p. 1553-1563

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Atmospheric Models, Chalcogenides, Geochemistry, Geology, Halides, Metals, Vapor Phases, Venus Surface, Volatility, Volcanoes, Aerosols, Finite Difference Theory, Microwave Scattering, Thermochemistry, Weathering

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The high vapor pressure of volatile metal halides and chalcogenides (e.g., of Cu, Zn, Sn, Pb, As, Sb, Bi) at typical Venus surface temperatures, coupled with the altitude-dependent temperature gradient of approximately 8.5 K/km, is calculated to transport volatile metal vapors to the highlands of Venus, where condensation and accumulation will occur. The predicted geochemistry of volatile metals on Venus is supported by observations of CuCl in volcanic gases at Kilauea and Nyiragongo, and large enrichments of these and other volatile elements in terrestrial volcanic aerosols. A one-dimensional finite difference vapor transport model shows the diffusive migration of a thickness of 0.01 to greater than 10 microns/yr of moderately to highly volatile phases (e.g., metal halides and chalcogenides) from the hot lowlands (740 K) to the cold highlands (660 K) on Venus. The diffusive transport of volatile phases on Venus may explain the observed low emissivity of the Venusian highlands, hazes at 6-km altitude observed by two Pioneer Venus entry probes, and the Pioneer Venus entry probe anomalies at 12.5 km.

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