Change of stress field in Beta-Alta-Themis region on Venus, estimated from surface geometry of dike swarms, lava stratigraphy and crater density

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4429-4432

  Nagasawa, Chiaki ^a   Sasaki, Sho ^a   Koyama, Masato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRESS ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

CRATER DENSITY; CRUSTAL STRESS; DIKE SWARMS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

STRESS FIELD; VENUS;

EID: 0032535381     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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