Onset time and duration of corona activity on Venus: stratigraphy and history from photogeologic study of sereo images

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 67-115

  Basilevsky, A T ^a,b   Head, J W ^a  

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

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONA; STEREO IMAGE;

EID: 0031393487     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006009531826     Document Type: Article

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