Survival of impact-induced thermal anomalies in the Martian mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Reese, C C ^a   Solomatov, V S ^a   Baumgardner, J R ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact heating; Martian geoid; Martian mantle convection; Martian thermal evolution; Origin of Tharsis

Indexed keywords

GEOID; IMPACT; MANTLE CONVECTION; MARS; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0037175293     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000je001474     Document Type: Article

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