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.