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Viscous relaxation as a probe of heat flux and crustal plateau composition on Venus

It has recently been suggested that deformed crustal plateaus on Venus may be composed of felsic (silica-rich) rocks, possibly supporting the idea of an ancient ocean there. However, these plateaus have a tendency to collapse owing to flow of the viscous lower crust. Felsic minerals, especially wate...

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Autores principales: Nimmo, Francis, Mackwell, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9934203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36623181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2216311120