[meteorite-list] Online PDF Files of Papers About the Planetology of Venus

From: Paul H. <oxytropidoceras_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 7:03:02 -0500
Message-ID: <20100812080302.AKWJO.1172073.imail_at_eastrmwml38>

Dr. Warren B. Hamilton (Distinguished Senior Scientist
Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines) has
two summary papers about the geology of Venus, including
notes about impact craters online and downloadable from
his web page at:

http://inside.mines.edu/~whamilto/

The papers are:

Hamilton, W. B., 2007, An alternative Venus. in G. R. Foulger
and D. M. Jurdy, eds., pp. 879-914, Plates, Plumes and
Planetary Processes. Geological Society of America Special
Paper 430.

http://inside.mines.edu/~whamilto/H07_AltVenus_red.pdf

Hamilton, W. B., 2005, Plumeless Venus preserves an ancient
impact-accretionary surface, in G. R. Foulger, J. H. Natland,
D. C. Presnall and D. L. Anderson, eds., pp. 781-814, Plates,
Plumes, and Paradigms, Geological Society of America
Special Paper 388.

http://inside.mines.edu/~whamilto/H05_Venus_condensed.pdf

This web pages also has PDF files of interesting papers
about plate tectonics and mantle plumes.

Also, from the ?mantle plumes? web page there are:

1. ?Discussion of An Alternative Venus? by Warren B. Hamilton at:

http://www.mantleplumes.org/P%5E4/P%5E4Chapters/Hamilton_Discussion.pdf

2. ?Venus' Coronae: Impact, Plume, or Other Origin? at:

http://www.mantleplumes.org/P%5E4/P%5E4Chapters/JurdyP4AcceptedMS.pdf

3. ?Discussion of Venus' coronae: impacts, plumes, or other origin?

http://www.mantleplumes.org/P%5E4/P%5E4Chapters/Jurdy_Discussion.pdf

and 4. Venus

http://www.mantleplumes.org/TopPages/VenusTop.html
http://www.mantleplumes.org/

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Thu 12 Aug 2010 08:03:02 AM PDT