Chemical differentiation on one-plate planets: Predictions and geologic observations for Venus

Details Chemical differentiation on one-plate planets: Predictions and geologic observations for Venus Chemical differentiation on one-plate planets: Predictions and geologic observations for Venus

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992lpico.789...45h&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Papers Presented to the International Colloquium on Venus p 45-47 (SEE N93-14288 04-91)

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Planetary Cores, Planetary Crusts, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Geology, Subduction (Geology), Tectonics, Venus (Planet), Venus Surface, Volcanology, Basalt, Depletion, Geophysics, Mathematical Models, Melting, Minerals

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Recent studies have examined the partial melting of planetary interiors on one-plate planets and the implications for the formation and evolution of basaltic crust and the complementary residual mantle layer. In contrast to the Earth, where the crust and residual layer move laterally and are returned to the interior following subduction, one-plate planets such as Venus are characterized by vertical accretion of the crust and residual layer. The residual mantle layer is depleted and compositionally buoyant, being less dense than undepleted mantle due to its reduced Fe/Mg and dense Al-bearing minerals; its melting temperature is also increased. As the crust and depleted mantle layer grow vertically during the thermal evolution of the planet, several stages develop. As a step in the investigation and testing of these theoretical treatments of crustal development on Venus, we investigate the predictions deriving from two of these stages (a stable thick crust and depleted layer, and a thick unstable depleted layer) and compare these to geologic and geophysical observations, speculating on how these might be interpreted in the context of the vertical crustal accretion models. In each case, we conclude with an outline of further tests and observations of these models.

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