Insights into corona formation through statistical analyses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Glaze, L S ^a   Stofan, E R ^a   Smrekar, S E ^b   Baloga, S M ^a  

^a Proxemy Research Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corona; Statistics; Venus

Indexed keywords

CORONA; PLANETARY LANDFORM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; VENUS;

EID: 0037176367     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001904     Document Type: Article

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