Which of These Hypotheses Has NOT Been Proposed as a Mechanism

question 247

Multiple Choice

Which of these hypotheses has NOT been proposed as a mechanism for resurfacing Venus (and periodically eradication of the craters) ?

• A) continual tectonic plate activity much like Earth
• B) volcanism caused by mantle convection heated by radioactive decay
• C) episodic tectonic activity following the cracking of the surface
• D) episodic global crustal melting

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