Density profile of an SNC model Martian interior and the moment-of-inertia factor of Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 79-88

  Bertka, Constance M ^a   Fei, Yingwei ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY PROFILE; PLANETARY INTERIOR; SNC MODEL;

MARS;

EID: 0032522138     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00030-2     Document Type: Article

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