Wrinkle ridges, stress domains, and kinematics of venusian plains

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Nov 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993georl..20.2407m&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 20, no. 21, p. 2407-2410

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Crustal Fractures, Kinematics, Plains, Pressure Effects, Topography, Venus Surface, Geomorphology, Mapping, Mathematical Models, Structural Analysis, Temperature Effects, Trend Analysis

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Wrinkle ridges are nearly ubiquitous landforms on the plains of Venus. By analogy with similar structures on other planets, venusian wrinkle ridges are inferred to trend normal to the direction of maximum principal compression in the crust, an inference that is verified by geometrical relationships with positive and negative relief features on Venus. Because plains are the dominant terrain on Venus, wrinkle ridges provide an excellent opportunity to determine the orientations of shallow crustal principal stress trajectories over most of the planet. In most places there are two or more sets of wrinkle ridges, and commonly one of these persists over a large area, defining a regional stress domain. Intersection relationships indicate that these domains differ in age.

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