Venus is home to thousands of volcanic landforms ranging from less than 5 km to over 100 km in diameter.
map will provide scientists access to an enormous database for understanding Venus' volcanism and assist in determining where the next active lava flow may be."We came up with this idea of putting together a global catalog because no one's done it at this scale before," said first author Rebecca Hahn in a"It was tedious, but I had experience using ArcGIS software, which is what I used to build the map.
The new study includes in-depth examinations of the locations of volcanoes, their clustering patterns, and how their geographical distributions relate to planetary geophysical characteristics like crustal thickness.Rebecca Hahn, Washington University in St. LouisEven better, Bryne and Hahn's research offers the most comprehensive insight to date into Venus' volcanic characteristics and possibly that of any other planet's volcanism.
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