The formation of tonalitic and granodioritic melt from Venusian basalt

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1652 - 7
• Main Authors: Wang, Yao Jui, Shellnutt, J. Gregory, Kung, Jennifer, Iizuka, Yoshiyuki, Lai, Yu-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.01.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/2151; 704/445; Basalt; Continental crust; Earth mantle; High pressure; Humanities and Social Sciences; Igneous rocks; Isotopes; Lithosphere; Melting; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Upwelling

The crust of Venus is composed of the low lying volcanic planitiae and the elevated, deformed tesserae. It is thought that the tesserae may be composed of silicic igneous rocks and that it may resemble proto-continental crust. The initial development of terrestrial continental crust is likely due to...