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Oldest terrain on Venus have layering that is consistent with volcanic activity – Tech Explorist

An international team of researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, have layering that seems consistent with volcanic activity.

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Tesserae are the most geologically complex regions seen on Venus. Stratigraphic studies of tessera terrain establish that they consistently appear locally, and perhaps even globally, as the oldest material on a planet with an average surface crater retention age of 750 million years.
A new study that sheds light on the enigmatic planet’s geological history has found that some of the oldest terrains on Venus, known as tesserae, have layering that seems consistent with volcanic activity. The stud…

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