Uplift of Beta Regio: Three-dimensional models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Vezolainen, A V ^a   Solomatov, V S ^a   Basilevsky, A T ^b   Head, J W ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta; Modeling; Venus

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MANTLE PLUME; PLANETARY LANDFORM; UPLIFT; VENUS;

EID: 7244226386     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002259     Document Type: Article

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