Stratigraphy of small shield volcanoes on Venus: Criteria for determining stratigraphic relationships and assessment of relative age and temporal abundance

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Ivanov, Mikhail A ^a,b   Head, James W ^b  

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

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Small shields; Stratigraphy; Volcanic style

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY LANDFORM; STRATIGRAPHY; VENUS; VOLCANO;

EID: 10944269800     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002252     Document Type: Article

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