Tectonic effects of climate change on Venus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E12, 1999, Pages 30743-30756

  Anderson, F Scott ^a   Smrekar, S E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; TECTONICS; VENUS;

EID: 16644396009     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001082     Document Type: Article

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