Tectonic Patterns and Regional Stresses near Venusian Coronae

Icarus

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 175-184

  Cyr, K E ^a   Melosh, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0001252879     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1993.1042     Document Type: Article

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