Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms pp 1–5Cite as

Ridged Plains (Venus)

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:

  • 62 Accesses

Definition

Materials of ridged plains (pr) have the morphology of lava plains that are often deformed by broad (5–10 km wide) and long (several tens of kilometers) linear and curvilinear ridges (Fig. 1). The radar backscatter cross-section of ridged plains is noticeably higher than that of the surrounding regional plains (McGill and Campbell 2006) but typically lower than that of tessera and densely lineated plains.

Fig. 1
figure 1

Examples of ridged plains on Venus at the Magellan resolution (100–200 m/px). (a) Central portion of Lavinia Planitia, C1-MIDR 45S350, centered 38.3°S, 347.5°E. (b) Region of the ridge belt “fan,” C1-MIDR 60 N208, centered 62.1°N, 215.4°E. (c) Area to the north of Ovda Regio, C1-MIDR 15 N077, centered 15.0°N, 78.7°E. (d) Ausra Dorsa to the south of Fortuna Tessera, C1-MIDR 45 N032, centered 48.4°N, 23.9°E (Magellan radar photomaps (NASA/JPL))

Full size image

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

References

  • Barsukov VL et al (1986) The geology and geomorphology of the Venus surface as revealed by the radar images obtained by Veneras 15 and 16. J Geophys Res 91(B4):D378–D398. doi:10.1029/JB091iB04p0D378

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Basilevsky AT (2008) Geologic map of the Beta Regio quadrangle (V-17), Venus. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3023

    Google Scholar 

  • Basilevsky AT, Head JW (1995a) Global stratigraphy of Venus: analysis of a random sample of thirty-six test areas. Earth Moon Planets 66:285–336

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Basilevsky AT, Head JW (1995b) Regional and global stratigraphy of Venus: a preliminary assessment and implications for the geological history of Venus. Planet Space Sci 43:1523–1553

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Frank SL, Head JW (1990) Ridge belts on Venus: morphology and origin. Earth Moon Planets 50(51):421–470

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gilmore MS, Head JW (2000) Sequential deformation of plains at the margins of Alpha Regio, Venus: implications for tessera formation. Meteorit Planet Sci 35:667–687

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ivanov MA, Head JW (2001a) Geology of Venus: mapping of a global geotraverse at 30N latitude. J Geophys Res 106:17515–17566

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ivanov MA, Head JW (2001) Geologic map of the Lavinia Planitia Quadrangle (V-55), Venus. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map I-2684

    Google Scholar 

  • Ivanov MA, Head JW (2011) Global geological map of Venus. Planet Space Sci 59:1559–1600

    Google Scholar 

  • Kryuchkov VP (1990) Ridge belts: are they compressional or extensional structures? Earth Moon Planets 50(51):471–491

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kryuchkov VP (1992) Ridge belts on plains. In: Barsukov VL, Basilevsky AT, Volkov VP, Zharkov VN (eds) Venus geology, geochemistry, and geophysics (research results from the USSR). University Arizona Press, Tucson/London, pp 96–112

    Google Scholar 

  • McGill GE, Campbell BA (2006) Radar properties as clues to relative ages of ridge belts and plains on Venus. J Geophys Res 111:E12006. doi:10.1029/2006JE002705

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Squyres SW, Jankowski DG, Simons M, Solomon SC, Hager BH, McGill GE (1992) Plains tectonism on Venus: the deformation belts of Lavinia Planitia. J Geophys Res 97:13579–13599

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Vernadsky Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Mikhail Ivanov

Authors
  1. Mikhail Ivanov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mikhail Ivanov .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York

About this entry

Cite this entry

Ivanov, M. (2014). Ridged Plains (Venus). In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_312-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_312-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-9213-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Earth and Environm. ScienceReference Module Physical and Materials ScienceReference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation