Morphology of the Tessera Terrain on Venus: Implications for the Composition of Tessera Material

Solar System Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-17

  Ivanov, M A ^a  

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

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DOI: 10.1023/A:1005289305927     Document Type: Article

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