Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jgr....93..301c&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, Jan. 10, 1988, p. 301-312.
Physics
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Planetary Mapping, Satellite Observation, Topography, Venus Surface, Pioneer Project, Radar Imagery, Tectonics, Venus, Aphrodite Terra, Topography, Patterns, Symmetry, Discontinuities, Surface, Highlands, Description, Formation, Origin, Hypotheses, Maps, Comparisons, Factures, Faults, Spacecraft Observations, Pvo Mission, Altimetry, Analysis
Scientific paper
Topographic profiles have been obtained across Aphrodite Terra to test for bilateral symmetry of the type associated with thermal boundary layer topography at divergent plate boundaries on earth. In addition to a broad bilateral symmetry at a range of angles across Aphrodite Terra, detailed bilateral symmetry is noted within domains between linear discontinuities in directions parallel to the strike of the discontinuities. The results suggest that western Aphrodite Terra is similar to terrestrial oceanic divergent plate boundary environments, and that the cross-strike discontinuities are analogous to oceanic fracture zones rather than strike-slip faults.
Crumpler Larry S.
Head James W.
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