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Flexural ridges, trenches, and outer rises around coronae on Venus
- Source :
- Journal of Geophysical Research. 97(E10)
- Publication Year :
- 1992
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1992.
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Abstract
- Flexural signatures outboard of Venusian coronal rims are examined with the purpose of inferring the thickness of the planet's elastic lithosphere. Topographic profiles of several prominent coronae which display clear trench and outer rise signatures are presented. Via a thin elastic plate flexure model to characterize the shape of the trench and outer rise, Venusian flexures are found to be similar in both amplitude and wavelength to lithospheric flexures seaward of subduction zones on earth. It is shown that circumferential fractures are concentrated in areas where the topography is curved downward, in good agreement with the high tensile stress predicted by the flexure models. Two scenarios for the development of the ridge-trench-outer rise flexural topography and circumferential fractures of coronae are presented. The first scenario involves reheating and thermal subsidence of the lithosphere interior to the corona, while the second involves expansion of the corona interior and roll back of the subducting lithosphere exterior to the corona.
- Subjects :
- Lunar And Planetary Exploration
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01480227
- Volume :
- 97
- Issue :
- E10
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Journal :
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- Notes :
- JPL-958496, , JPL-958950
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.19930030862
- Document Type :
- Report