A New View of the Stratigraphic History of Venus

Icarus

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-66

  Guest, John E ^a   Stofan, Ellen R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Planetary surfaces; Tectonics; Venus; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002125630     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6091     Document Type: Article

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