Elastic thickness estimates for coronae associated with chasmata on Venus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Hoogenboom, Trudi ^a,b   Houseman, Greg ^a   Martin, Paula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONA; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LITHOSPHERE; PLANETARY LANDFORM; VENUS;

EID: 27644477529     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002394     Document Type: Article

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