Symmetries of volcanic distributions on Mars and Earth and their mantle plume dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E12, 1998, Pages 28587-28597

  Matyska, Ctirad ^a,c   Yuen, David A ^b   Breuer, Doris ^c   Spohn, Tilman ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY EARTH; GEOMETRY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MARS; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

EID: 0033604667     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE900002     Document Type: Article

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