Phase transitions in the Martian mantle: Implications for partially layered convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 457-469

  Breuer, Doris ^a,b   Yuen, Dave A ^a   Spohn, Tilman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection; Mars; Olivine; Phase transitions: Mantle; Spinel

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE; OLIVINE; PHASE TRANSITION; SPINEL;

EID: 0030841531     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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