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The depths of the largest impact craters on venus
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ford, P. G. Ivanov, B. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Description | The largest impact craters on Venus may be used as evidence of various geological processes within the Venusian crust. We are continuing to construct a data base for the further investigation of large craters on Venus (LCV). We hope to find evidence of crater relaxation that might constrain the thickness and thermal gradient of the crust, as was proposed in an earlier work. The current work concentrates on 27 impact craters with diameters (d) larger than 70 km, i.e., large enough that the footprint of the Magellan altimeter has a good chance of sampling the true crater bottom. All altimeter echoes from points located within (d/2)+70 km from the crater center have been inspected. |
| File Size | 123579 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940011788 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9k40q78m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1993-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration Venus Planet Meteoritic Damage Satellite Altimetry Magellan Spacecraft Nasa Planetary Geology Meteorite Craters Venus Surface Planetary Craters Radar Imagery Data Bases Radar Measurement Planetary Crusts Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
