Aerial electromagnetic sounding of the lithosphere of Venus

Icarus

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 462-473

  Grimm, Robert E ^a   Barr, Amy C ^a   Harrison, Keith P ^a   Stillman, David E ^a   Neal, Kerry L ^a   Vincent, Michael A ^a   Delory, Gregory T ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Ionospheres; Lightning; Thermal histories; Venus, Interior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855346205     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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