[Rockhounds] Venus’ ‘Squishy’ Outer Shell May Be Resurfacing the Planet

[Paul]

Study Finds Venus’ ‘Squishy’ Outer
Shell May Be Resurfacing the Planet
NASA, February 23, 2023
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/study-finds-venus-squishy-outer-shell-may-be-resurfacing-the-planet

The paywalled paper is:

Smrekar, S.E., Ostberg, C. and O’Rourke,
J.G., 2022. Earth-like lithospheric thickness
  and heat flow on Venus consistent with
active rifting. Nature Geoscience, pp.1-6.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01068-0

NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost
Habitable’ World of Venus
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus

Yours,

Paul H.