Scientists have carried out a new analysis of the surface of Venus which has revealed proof of a tectonic movement. The evidence comes in the form of a crust block that has been crowded with each other like pieces of damaged ice on the lake and the ocean of the earth. The researchers said that the movement of the block could show that Venus was geologically active and provided insight into the tectonic exoplanet and initial tectonic activity on earth.
Paul Byrne’s researcher said the research team identified a pattern of tectonic deformation which was previously not recognized on the surface of Venus. Byrne said the pattern showed that it could be driven by interior movements such as tectonic on earth. However, researchers are clear that activities seen in Venus are different from tectonics seen on earth.
Regardless of differences, this finding is proof of the interior movement in Venus expressed on the surface of the planet. This is a significant finding because astronomers are assumed that Venus consists of solid outer skin that doesn’t move like Mars or months for a long time. The earth is very different from other celestial objects such as the lithosphere broken into tectonic plates that slide against, far from, and under each other.
The researchers used radar images from the Magellan NASA mission to see the surface of Venus. The team is carrying out a detailed examination of low land on this planet that forms most of its surface and pays attention to the area where the Litosphere’s large block seems to have moved like a damaged ice on the frozen lake on earth.
The researchers then made a computer deformation model and found the slow movement of the planet’s interior can explain the tectonics they see. Byrne said observations told the team that the interior movement pushed the surface deformation to Venus in a method similar to what happened on earth. However, the team is clear that they do not see tectonic plates as we have on earth but what they see is proof of deformation because of the interior coat flow on Venus. This means Venus may still be active geologically.