Venus: Timing and rates of geologic activity

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1015-1018

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

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

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craters; History; Tectonism; Venus; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENIC ACTIVITIES;

CHRONOMETERS; DEFORMATION; VOLCANOES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CRATER; PLANETARY LANDFORM; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VENUS; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0036864387     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1015:VTAROG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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