The surface of Venus is cracked and moves like ice floating on the ocean – likely due to tectonic activity
- Written by: Paul K. Byrne, Associate Professor of Planetary Science, North Carolina State University
New research suggests that Venus' crust is broken into large blocks – the dark reddish–purple areas – that are surrounded by belts of tectonic structures shown in lighter yellow–red.
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The big idea
Much of the brittle, upper...
