Surface processes in the Venus highlands: Results from analysis of Magellan and Arecibo data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E1, 1999, Pages 1897-1916

  Campbell, Bruce A ^a   Campbell, Donald B ^b   DeVries, Christopher H ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENUS; WEATHERING;

EID: 0033047348     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE900022     Document Type: Article

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