Volcanism and tectonics on Venus

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue , 1998, Pages 23-51

  Nimmo, F ^a   McKenzie, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS; VENUS; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0031668638     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.26.1.23     Document Type: Article

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