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

[Paul H.]

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.