Comparison of flat-topped stellate seamounts on Earth's seafloor with stellate domes on Venus using side-scan sonar and Magellan synthetic aperture radar

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 277-287

  Bulmer, M H ^a   Wilson, J B ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domes; Earth; Seamounts; Side scanning methods; Venus

Indexed keywords

DOME; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SEAMOUNT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VENUS;

EID: 0032699727     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00154-5     Document Type: Article

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