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Formation of Venusian canali: considerations of lava types and their thermal behaviors

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Abstract

Because liquid water is unstable at present venusian surface conditions, the discovery of channels (termed "canali') on Venus thousands of kilometers long was not predicted. Low-viscosity lavas that remain fluid for several thousand kilometers are considered to be the canali-forming agents; possible compositions of venusian canali-forming lavas include komatiite and high-Fe-Ti "lunar'-type basalts. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10,873-10,882
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research
Volume98
Issue numberE6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993

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