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Gravity spreading is a phenomenon in which a geological body[clarification needed] laterally extends and vertically contracts to reduce its gravitational potential energy.[1] It has been observed on many different scales, and at numerous locations on Earth, from rhyolite lava flows to passive margins.[2][3] Additionally, gravity spreading is likely to have occurred on both Mars and Venus.[4][5]
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^Smith, J. V., Houston, E. C. (1994). Folds produced by gravity spreading of a banded rhyolite lava flow. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 63, p. 89-94.
^Rowan, M. G., Peel, F. J., Vendeville, B. C. (2004). Gravity-driven Fold Belts on Passive Margins. AAPG Memoir 82, p. 157-182
^Montgomery, D. R., Som, S. M., et al. (2009). Continental-scale salt tectonics on Mars and the origin of Valles Marineris and associated outflow channels. GSA Bulletin 121, p. 117-133
^Kozak, R. C., Schaber, G. G. (1986). Gravity-spreading origin of the Venusian Tesserae. Lunar and Planetary Institute 17, p. 444-445
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