Science. 1991 Apr 12;252(5003):252-60. doi: 10.1126/science.252.5003.252.
A number of important and currently unresolved issues in the global geology and geophysics of Venus will be addressable with the radar imaging, altimetry, and gravity measurements now forthcoming from the Magellan mission. Among these are the global volcanic flux and the rate of formation of new crust; the global heat flux and its regional variations; the relative importance of localized hot spots and linear centers of crustal spreading to crustal formation and tectonics; and the planform of mantle convection on Venus and the nature of the interactions among interior convective flow, near-surface deformation and magmatism.
麦哲伦号任务即将提供金星全球地质学和地球物理学的雷达成像、测高和重力测量数据，这些数据将解决金星全球地质学和地球物理学的一些重要且尚未解决的问题。这些问题包括：全球火山通量和新地壳形成速度；全球热通量及其区域变化；局部热点和地壳延伸线性中心对地壳形成和构造的相对重要性；金星地幔对流的平面图和内部对流流、近地表变形和岩浆作用之间相互作用的性质。
