Venus Volcanic Activity

The above diagram illustrates the volcanic activity on Venus, it indicates how activity this planet has been and still is. There is no evidence of plate tectonics on Venus along with no long linear volcano chains. There are also no clear subduction zones. Rifts are very common on Venus and they look much like the mid-ocean ridges on Earth. Volcanoes on Venus are much more regional and less organized then here on Earth. Volcanoes on Venus seem to have simple and fewer eruptive styles than the ones on Earth, but all involve the flow of lava. There has been no evidence yet of explosive ash-forming eruptions and little evidence of sludgy, viscous lavas. This maybe because of a few factors such as the high air pressure and Venusian lavas need much higher gas contents than Earth lavas to erupt explosively. …show more content…
Any liquid metallic portion of its core could not be rotating fast enough to generate a measurable magnetic field ("V3", 2016). Weather on Venus is very extreme because the atmosphere rotates around quickly. Venus can have winds that reach speeds of up to 186 mph at the cloud tops, which circle the planet every four to five Earth days. The winds die down to almost nothing closer to the equator. This is because of the thick atmosphere; the winds here can reach speeds as high as 3 mph. The atmosphere is more like water currents than blowing wind at the surface, so it is still capable of blowing dust around and moving small rocks across the surface of Venus. Space missions to Venus have shown that its’ surface is covered with craters, volcanoes, mountains, and big lava plains. Venus is about 65% rolling plains and the rest is highlands and mountains. The rolling plains are caused by the lava flow but have indication of about 1000 craters. The craters spread all over the surface. The mountains on Venus are high and many appear to have once been