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Science 12 April 1991:
Vol. 252. no. 5003, pp. 249 - 252
DOI: 10.1126/science.252.5003.249
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An Overview of Venus Geology

R. STEPHEN SAUNDERS 1, RAYMOND E. ARVIDSON 2, JAMES W. HEAD III 3, GERALD G. SCHABER 4, ELLEN R. STOFAN 1, and SEAN C. SOLOMON 5

1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
2 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
3 Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
4 United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
5 Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139

The Magellan spacecraft is producing comprehensive image and altimetry data for the planet Venus. Initial geologic mapping of the planet reveals a surface dominated by volcanic plains and characterized by extensive volcanism and tectonic deformation. Geologic and geomorphologic units include plains terrains, tectonic terrains, and surficial material units. Understanding the origin of these units and the relation between them is an ongoing task of the Magellan team.

Submitted on January 25, 1991
Accepted on March 22, 1991


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