The structural control of venusian polygonal impact craters

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 356-363

  Aittola, M ^a   Ohman T ^a   Leitner, J J ^b   Kostama, V P ^a   Raitala, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Impact processes; Tectonics; Venus, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149128494     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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