Regionalized Formation and Recycling of New Venusian Crust at Chasmata

Venus and Earth are geologically active in ways distinct from each other. Earth exhibits plate tectonics, where the primary resurfacing mechanism is crust formation along a globe-girdling, extensional tectonic setting in mafic crust, the mid-ocean ridge (MOR). While Venus does not exhibit the key ch...

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Published in:	The Planetary Science Journal
Main Authors:	Nicholas J. Montiel, Luc L. Lavier, Douglas J. Hemingway
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Subjects:	Venus Planetary geology Lithosphere Tectonics Plate tectonics Volcanism
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adef37