Structural evolution of western Fortuna Tessera, Venus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2339-2342

  Pritchard, M E ^a,d   Hansen, V L ^b   Willis, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CHANGE ORIENTATIONS; LAVA FLOWS; RIBBON STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; SURFACE LAYERS;

DEFORMATION; PLANETS;

STEEP SIDED TROUGHS; SURFACE LAYER EXTENSION;

RIBBON STRUCTURES; TESSERA; VENUS;

EID: 0031224912     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02450     Document Type: Article

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