Dynamic models for ridge belt formation on Venus

Details Dynamic models for ridge belt formation on Venus Dynamic models for ridge belt formation on Venus

Jun 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991pggp.rept....7s&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1990 p 7-9 (SEE N92-10728 01-91)

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Geophysics

Convection, Dynamic Models, Landforms, Planetary Surfaces, Topography, Venus (Planet), Crusts, Lithosphere, Planetary Evolution

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The hypothesis is tested that the lithospheric shortening expressed by the ridge belts is the result of convective downwelling beneath the lowland planitia. Dynamical models are developed for the interaction of mantle convection with the crust and the models are compared to the characteristics of the ridge belts in Lavinia Planitia. The models support the hypothesis that convective stresses can produce the broad topographic depression of lowlands on Venus and can lead to the formation of ridge belts on either side of the topographic low.

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