Central Eistla Regio: origin and relative age of topographic rise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E3, 1998, Pages 5889-5896

  McGill, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; TOPOGRAPHY;

DEFORMATION; MANTLE PROCESSES; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHIC RISE; VOLCANISM;

EISTLA REGIO; VENUS;

EID: 0032565040     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE00229     Document Type: Article

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