Tectonics of small tessera islets on Venus

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 843-857

  Raitala, J ^a   Black, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 30244453327     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0032-0633(96)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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