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Circumferential Lineament System (Venus)

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A set of graben, fissures, and related fractures with an arcuate to circular distribution. Most often defines part or all of a corona rim (Fig. 1) but also occurs in association with calderas and at the margins of some unclassified downsag features.

Circumferential Lineament System (Venus), Fig. 1
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Color-coded topography (red high, blue low) overlain on Magellan radar backscatter data in the V-14 quadrangle (Grosfils et al. 2011). Madalait Corona displays type 1 lineament characteristics (Stofan et al. 2001), with representative major circumferential structures consisting of both extensional (dashed) and compressional (solid) lineaments mapped to draw attention to the system’s geometry. Northwest of the corona is an elevated belt characterized by numerous smaller calderas and other downsag features that each exhibits pronounced circumferential deformation

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Richard E. Ernst

  2. Geology Department, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA

    Eric B. Grosfils

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Ernst, R.E., Grosfils, E.B. (2015). Circumferential Lineament System (Venus). In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_50

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