The thermal state of the Venusian mantle |
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| Authors: | Jafar Arkani-Hamed |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geological Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Assuming that the surface topography of the Ovda and Thetis plateaus, and that of the saddle region between Thetis and Atla plateaus, is due to surface subsidence of oceanic-type thermal boundary layers, we calculated the temperature at 200 km beneath the plateaus to be about 1600  C, and that beneath the saddle region to be about 1400–1500 C. The total subsidence of Ovda plateau in the last 3/4 of its existence, i.e. between 200 km and 800 km off the postulated ridge axis, suggests that the plateau is probably a young feature, less than 40 m.y. old. The spreading plate models imply a half-spreading rate of 2.3–5.3 cm/yr for the plateaus and 2–2.8 cm/yr for the saddle region. |
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