Localization of gravity and topography: Constraints on the tectonics and mantle dynamics of Venus

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-44

  Simons, Mark ^a,c   Solomon, Sean C ^b   Hager, Bradford H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Geoid; Gravity; Tectonics; Venus; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY; MANTLE; PLANETARY STRUCTURE; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY; VENUS;

EID: 0031473691     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00593.x     Document Type: Article

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