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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