Comparative Study of Submarine Volcanoes and Small Venusian Volcanic Edifices

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27..687k&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 687

Computer Science

Geomorphology, Submarine, Venus, Volcanoes

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The small volcanic edifices on Venus are important because of their common occurrence on the planet's surface. They normally range 0-10 km in diameter. An extensive inventory has been compiled for more than 2000 small edifices. Based on this inventory, it is estimated that there are about half million identifiable small volcanic edifices on the planet. This work also indicates that the small volcanic edifices' size frequency distribution is very similar to that of submarine volcanoes (seamounts) distributed on the East Pacific Rise. It has been suggested that submarine volcanoes, particularly flat-topped seamounts located off the coast of Hawaii, are analogous to "pancake domes" on Venus. However the detailed geomorphic analysis of seamounts located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Pacific Ocean Basin indicates that submarine volcanoes are better analogs for small volcanic edifices.

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