Structural analysis of a sampling of tesserae: Implications for Venus geodynamics

Icarus

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 296-312

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

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030268259     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0159     Document Type: Article

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