Beta Regio, Venus: Evidence for uplift, rifting, and volcanism due to a mantle plume

Icarus

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-186

  Basilevsky, Alexander T ^a,b   Head, James W ^b  

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

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Tectonics; Venus; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049011293     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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