The geologic history of venus: A stratigraphic view

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 8531-8544

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

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

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; STRATIGRAPHY;

VENUS;

EID: 0032565259     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98je00487     Document Type: Article

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