Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jun 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990icar...85..290z&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 85, June 1990, p. 290-308.
Computer Science
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Heat Transfer, Isostatic Pressure, Planetary Crusts, Tectonics, Venus Surface, Lithosphere, Planetary Mantles, Temperature Gradients, Venus, Surface, Features, Elevation, Structure, Lithosphere, Tectonics, Parameters, Thermal Properties, Composition, Models, Crust, Thickness, Strength, Extension, Compression, Mantle, Photographs, Calculations, Wavelengths, Deformation, Analysis, Isostasy
Scientific paper
Venus lithospheric structure models are presently formulated in which regional isostatic elevation, d, and the spacing wavelength, lambda, of tectonic features formed due to horizontal extension and compression are functions of both surface thermal gradient and crustal thickness c. It is shown that, in areas of Venus where the upper mantle is stronger than the upper crust, the spacings of short-wavelength features should increase with increasing d, if that change in turn is due to increasing c, but should decrease with increasing d, if this change is in turn due to increasing surface thermal gradient.
Parmentier Marc E.
Zuber Maria T.
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