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Volcano on the surface of Venus
Planet Venus may have tectonic activity that is deforming its surface. There are newly discovered signs of surface activity.
The planet Venus You can have tectonic activity who is deform its surfacesuggests a study released based on data analysis collected over 30 years ago by the US space probe.
As sums up, Venus can still be geologically alivewith huge circular characteristics pointing to hot feathers to shake deeply under their crust.
The detail newly discovered signs of activity on the surface or within the planet, molding many of the ‘crowns’ (relief forms) of Venus, “characteristics that can also provide a Single Window for Earth’s Past“According to the University of Maryland, which participated in the investigation.
Venus, Unlike the earth, has no tectonic plates, But its surface is still being deformed by non -interior mealaccording to scientists.
To better understand the processes that boost the geological deformations of Venus, the researchers studied the crowns of the planet, which have hundreds of kilometers in diameter.
These structures are usually oval and in venus are hundreds.
“Today, we don’t find crowns in Terra. However, may have existed when the planet was young And before the tectonic plates were established, ”said, cited in the statement, the main author of the study, Gael Cascioli, from the University of Maryland.
Of the 75 wreaths of venus studied, 52 seem to have material do manto (interior layer) floating below them, “which is probably leading to tectonic processes,” says the University of Maryland.
