Melting in the martian mantle: Shergottite formation and implications for present-day mantle convection on Mars

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1815-1832

  Kiefer, Walter S ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PROCESS; MARS; MARTIAN METEORITE; MELTING; PETROGENESIS; SHERGOTTITE; SNC METEORITE;

EID: 1542346826     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00017.x     Document Type: Article

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