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Basilevsky & Ivanov 1990
Basilevsky, A.T. and Ivanov, B.A. (1990). Cleopatra crater on Venus: Venera 15/16 data and impact/volcanic origin controversy. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/89GL03737. issn: 0094-8276.

Cleopatra structure is a 100-km diameter feature having a morphology similar to that of double-ring basins of the Moon and Mercury and dissimilar to that of volcanic calderas on Mars, Earth, and Venus. The 2.4-km depth of Cleopatra is anomalously large compared to venusian and terrestrial impact craters of equivalent diameters. An impartial summary of the situation is as follows: if Cleopatra is a volcanic caldera, it is a strange caldera; if Cleopatra is an impact crater, it is a strange crater. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990

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Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Impact phenomena (includes cratering)
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