Venus resurfacing by coronae: Implications from impact craters

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 815-818

  DeLaughter, John E ^a   Jurdy, Donna M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLANETS; VOLCANOES;

IMPACT CRATERS; TECTONIC FEATURES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; TECTONICS;

VENUS CORONAE;

CORONA; IMPACT CRATOR; RESURFACING;

VENUS;

EID: 0031126357     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00687     Document Type: Article

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