Venus found to be more geologically active than previously believed
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Planetary scientists have reportedly found that the crust of Venus is fragmented and that its surface shows evidence of tectonic motion.
In a summary of the research, which was released Monday and has been published in the PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), the international authors wrote that they had identified a pattern of tectonic deformation suggesting that many of the hellish planet's lowlands have fragmented into "discrete crustal blocks," which have moved relative to each other in the geologically recent past. "These motions may be the result of mantle convection and, if so, constitute a style of interior–surface coupling not seen elsewhere in the inner Solar System except for continental interiors on Earth," they said. "Venus’ fragmented, mobile lithosphere may offer a framework for understanding how tectonics on Earth operated in the Archean."
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