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The lost oceans of Venus

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Richard Ghail *
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Eloise J.P. Crouch
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Philippa J. Mason
DOI：10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120255delete
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• Large polygons on Venus must have formed in marine sediments. • Implies Venus had oceans and suffered a runaway greenhouse. • Confirms that longer canali are remains of submarine channels. • Smaller polygons likely formed by desiccation or on salt flats as oceans evaporated. • Wrinkle ridges explicable as detachment structures on subsurface salt.
Keywords:
Venus
Exoplanets
Climate
Oceans
Greenhouse

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters cover
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
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5.1
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imperial college london
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