Extended Data Fig. 8: Effect of thermal gradient on basin ring location and spacing for basins formed with a 36-km-diameter projectile striking a 20-km-thick basaltic crust on a target with 723 K surface temperature.
From: Estimating Venusian thermal conditions using multiring basin morphology
a–f, A series of 3× vertically exaggerated plot highlighting ring fault locations and the associated displacement. Vertical grey bars mark the current surface locations of Mead Basin’s ring faults17 and are intended to guide the eye. All plots are taken 500 s after impact. Tracer lines are coloured according to composition, with black lines representing a basalt crust and blue lines representing a dunite mantle. Tracers lines are initially horizontal and spaced 1 km apart.
