Ribbon Terrain Formation, Southwestern Fortuna Tessera, Venus: Implications for Lithosphere Evolution

Icarus

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 321-343

  Hansen, Vicki L ^a   Willis, James J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001392458     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5897     Document Type: Article

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