(4/4)🛰️ Diverse tectonic #activity is revealed at 52 Venus coronae based on topography and gravity; the VERITAS mission may uncover hundreds more:
doi.org/10.1126/scia... #ScienceAdvances

(3/4) 🌋 Our new Venus coronae #database, open to all, includes 740 structures — the most ever catalogued — and identifies several morphological subsets:
doi.org/10.1029/2024... #JGRplanets

(2/4) 🚀 The #first 3D geodynamic models of Venus rift tectonics reveal 5 modes of rifting. Venus' rifts may be active and shaped by evolving or laterally variable lithospheric and crustal properties:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ep... #EPSL

The study was posted today in Science Advances and was co-led by @unibe.ch researcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social and University of Maryland Baltimore County + NASA Goddard researcher Gael Cascioli.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Yes, the image automatically linked to the JGR:Planet's website is that of the journal's cover - not the paper, cannot adapt it!

Previously published #Venus coronae databases, however, remain inaccessible to the public and/or incomplete -- our new database uses clear ID criteria to define 740 (!!) corona features on Venus, which is much higher than ever reported!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

"#Coronae" are defined by a (partial) quasi-circular ring of closely spaced concentric fractures. They are hugely abundant on #Venus' surface and considered key for Venus' tectonic and volcanic history ⚒️🌋
doi.org/10.1029/2024...

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