Plumeless Venus preserves an ancient impact-accretionary surface

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 388, Issue , 2005, Pages 781-814

  Hamilton, Warren B ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Impacts; Planetary accretion geodynamics; Plumes; Venus

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTS; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACKING RADAR; VOLCANOES;

CIRCULAR STRUCTURES; IMPACT STRUCTURES; IMPACTS; INTERNAL MOBILITY; PLUMES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOLIDUS TEMPERATURE; VENUS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETION; EARTH; GEODYNAMICS; GEOID; HEATING; IMPACT; LAVA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOON; MUD VOLCANO; RADAR IMAGERY; SURFACE; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VENUS;

VENUSIA;

EID: 84874958436     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2388-4.781     Document Type: Article

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