Melting Venus: Potential Geochemical Diagnostics of Mantle Source Depth
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Introduction Volcanism on Venus has produced a rich array of volcanic landforms [1], which in turn suggests a broad range of magma production and differentiation environments. In the next decade, it is possible that one or more landers associated with New Frontiers or Flagship class missions to Venus will provide new geochemical observations of the Venus surface. The goal of this work is to make an initial assessment of how such geochemical observations may help to constrain magma production depths on Venus.
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