Geologic units on Venus: Evidence for their global correlation

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-111

  Basilevsky, Alexander T ^a,b   Head, James W ^b  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003030858     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(99)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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