Dear Friends, Ribbon tessera terrain on Venus challenges catastrophic resurfacing hypothesis.
Venus Records a Rich Early History ScienceDaily, March 25, 2010) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100326125438.htm the paper is: Hansen, V. L., and I. Lopez, 2010, Venus records a rich early history. Geology. vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 311-314, doi:10.1130/G30587.1 http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/38/4/311.abstract Hansen, V. L., and I. Lopez, 2009, Implications of Venus Evolution Based on Ribbon Tessera Terrain Relations Within Five Large Regional Areas. 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, (Lunar and Planetary Science XL), held March 23-27, 2009 in The Woodlands, Texas, id.2306 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2306.pdf http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009LPI....40.2306H A related article: Did A Mega-Collision Alter Venus? ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2008) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080226160017.htm The paper is: Davis, H. J., 2009, Did a mega-collision dry Venus' interior? Earth and Planetary Science Letters. vol. 268, no. 3-4, pp. 376-383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.031 Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
