Implications of a Global Survey of Venusian Impact Craters

Icarus

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 387-416

  Herrick, Robert R ^a,c   Phillips, Roger J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0000527306     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1994.1152     Document Type: Article

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