Sequence of tectonic deformation in the history of Venus: Evidence from global stratigraphic relationships

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-38

  Head, James W ^a   Basilevsky, Alexander T ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

DISTRIBUTED COMPRESSION; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; RIFT SYSTEMS; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE ZONE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; VENUS; TECTONICS;

VENUS;

EID: 0031961613     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0035:SOTDIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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