Explosive mafic volcanoes on Mars and Earth: Deep magma sources and rapid rise rate

Icarus

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 397-405

  Gregg, Tracy K P ^a   Williams, Stanley N ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030211014     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0132     Document Type: Article

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