Experimental and theoretical fracture mechanics applied to fracture of the crust of Venus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Balme, Matthew R ^a   Sammonds, Peter R ^a   Vita Finzi, Claudio ^a   Couchman, Jonathon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiments; Fracture; Tectonics; Venus

Indexed keywords

CRUST; FRACTURE MECHANICS; VENUS;

EID: 18744438116     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001992     Document Type: Article

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