A conceptual model for the relationship between coronae and large-scale mantle dynamics on Venus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Johnson, Catherine L ^a   Richards, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronae; Gravity; Mantle dynamics; Mantle plumes; Tectonics; Venus

Indexed keywords

CORONA; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; TECTONOPHYSICS; VENUS; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0141564577     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001962     Document Type: Article

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