Venus evolution through time: key science questions, selected mission concepts and future investigations

T Widemann, SE Smrekar, JB Garvin… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
In this work we discuss various selected mission concepts addressing Venus evolution
through time. More specifically, we address investigations and payload instrument concepts …

Dynamics and evolution of Venus' mantle through time

T Rolf, M Weller, A Gülcher, P Byrne, JG O'Rourke… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
The dynamics and evolution of Venus' mantle are of first-order relevance for the origin and
modification of the tectonic and volcanic structures we observe on Venus today. Solid-state …

Venusian habitable climate scenarios: Modeling Venus through time and applications to slowly rotating Venus‐like exoplanets

MJ Way, AD Del Genio - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One popular view of Venus' climate history describes a world that has spent much of its life
with surface liquid water, plate tectonics, and a stable temperate climate. Part of the basis for …

Corona structures driven by plume–lithosphere interactions and evidence for ongoing plume activity on Venus

AJP Gülcher, TV Gerya, LGJ Montési, J Munch - Nature Geoscience, 2020 - nature.com
In the absence of global plate tectonics, mantle convection and plume–lithosphere
interaction are the main drivers of surface deformation on Venus. Among documented …

Earth-like lithospheric thickness and heat flow on Venus consistent with active rifting

SE Smrekar, C Ostberg, JG O'Rourke - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
Venus is Earth's twin in size and radiogenic heat budget, yet it remains unclear how Venus
loses its heat absent plate tectonics. Most Venusian stagnant-lid models predict a thick …

Experimental and observational evidence for plume-induced subduction on Venus

A Davaille, SE Smrekar, S Tomlinson - Nature Geoscience, 2017 - nature.com
Why Venus lacks plate tectonics remains an unanswered question in terrestrial planet
evolution. There is observational evidence for subduction—a requirement for plate tectonics …

Resurfacing history and volcanic activity of Venus

RR Herrick, ET Bjonnes, LM Carter, T Gerya… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Photogeologic principles can be used to suggest possible sequences of events that result in
the present planetary surface. The most common method of evaluating the absolute age of a …

Simulating the thermochemical magmatic and tectonic evolution of Venus's mantle and lithosphere: Two‐dimensional models

M Armann, PJ Tackley - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Numerical convection models of the thermochemical evolution of Venus are compared to
present‐day topography and geoid and recent resurfacing history. The models include …

Venus surface composition constrained by observation and experiment

M Gilmore, A Treiman, J Helbert, S Smrekar - Space Science Reviews, 2017 - Springer
New observations from the Venus Express spacecraft as well as theoretical and
experimental investigation of Venus analogue materials have advanced our understanding …

Was Venus ever habitable? Constraints from a coupled interior–atmosphere–redox evolution model

J Krissansen-Totton, JJ Fortney… - The Planetary Science …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Venus's past climate evolution is uncertain. General circulation model simulations permit a
habitable climate as late as∼ 0.7 Ga, and there is suggestive—albeit inconclusive …