Morphometry of wrinkle ridges on Venus: comparison with other planets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E5, 1998, Pages 11103-11111

  Kreslavsky, M A ^a,b   Basilevsky, A T ^c,d  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY LANDFORM; WRINKLE RIDGE;

VENUS;

EID: 0032565530     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE00360     Document Type: Article

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