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Dec 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992lpico.789...56k&link_type=abstract
In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Papers Presented to the International Colloquium on Venus p 56-57 (SEE N93-14288 04-91)
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Buoyancy, Planetary Geology, Structural Properties (Geology), Venus Surface, Volcanoes, Volcanology, Elevation, Magellan Spacecraft (Nasa), Planetary Crusts, Spatial Distribution, Terrain, Venus (Planet)
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The Magellan mission to Venus has emphasized the importance of volcanism in shaping the surface of the planet. Volcanic plains make up 80 percent of the terrain and hundreds of regions of localized eruptions have been identified. Large volcanos, defined as edifices with diameters greater than 100 km, are the sites of some of the most voluminous eruptions. Head et al. have identified 158 of these structures. Their spatial distribution is neither random nor arranged in linear chains as on the Earth; large volcanos on Venus are concentrated in two large, near-equatorial clusters that are also the site of many other forms of volcanic activity. The set of conditions that must be met on Venus that controls the change from widespread, distributed volcanism to focused, shield-building volcanism is not well understood. Future studies of transitional features will help to address this problem. It is likely, however, that the formation and evolution of a neutral buoyancy zone (NBZ) plays an important role in both determining the style of the volcanism and the development of the volcanic feature once it has begun to erupt. Head and Wilson have suggested that the high surface pressure on Venus may inhibit volatile exsolution, which may influence the density distribution of the upper crust and hence control the nature and location of a NBZ. The extreme variations in pressure with elevation may result in significantly different characteristics of such a NBZ at different locations on the planet. In order to test these ideas regarding the importance of NBZ development in the evolution of a large shield and to determine the style of volcanism, three large volcanos that occur at different basal elevations were examined and the distribution of large volcanos as a function of altitude was determined.
Head James W. III
Keddie Susan
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