The depths of the largest impact craters on Venus

Details The depths of the largest impact craters on Venus The depths of the largest impact craters on Venus

Mar 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993lpi....24..689i&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-Fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 2: G-M p 689-690 (SEE N94-16173 03-91)

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Magellan Spacecraft (Nasa), Meteorite Craters, Meteoritic Damage, Planetary Craters, Planetary Crusts, Satellite Altimetry, Venus Surface, Data Bases, Planetary Geology, Radar Imagery, Radar Measurement, Venus (Planet)

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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.

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