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Impact craters on venus
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Schaber, G. G. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | Compared with volcanism and tectonism, impact cratering on Venus has played an overall minor role in sculpting the present-day landscape. The study of Venus impact craters is vital to help place the chronology of the geologic features on the surface in the context of the planet's geological evolution. The degradation of impact craters also provides information on surface and interior processes, particularly alteration by tectonism and volcanism. Through orbit 1422, Magellan mapped about 450 impact craters, with diameters ranging from 2 to 275 km, within an area of about 226 million sq km, or 49 percent of the planet's surface. These craters and their associated deposits show surprisingly little evidence of degradation at the 75 m/pixel resolution of the Magellan SAR. Remarkably few craters in the Magellan images appear to be in the process of being buried by volcanic deposits or destroyed by tectonic activity. |
| File Size | 75564 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920001634 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t50g8k890 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration Geochronology Geomorphology Meteorite Craters Tectonics Radar Imagery Cratering Venus Planet Structural Properties Geology Magellan Spacecraft Nasa Planetary Geology Planetary Evolution Topography Venus Surface Volcanology Planetary Mapping Synthetic Aperture Radar Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |