Phase transitions and the three-dimensional planform of thermal convection in the Martian mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E7, 1998, Pages 16775-16797

  Harder, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; MARS; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMAL CONVECTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0032566146     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE01543     Document Type: Article

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