Comparison of the shapes and sizes of seafloor volcanoes on Earth and "pancake" domes on Venus

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 47-64

  Smith, Deborah K ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY; SEAMOUNT; SEAMOUNTS; SUBMARINE VOLCANISM; SUBMARINE VOLCANOES;

EARTH; VENUS;

EID: 0030431294     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0273(96)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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