Magma ocean fractional crystallization and cumulate overturn in terrestrial planets: Implications for Mars

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1753-1771

  Elkins Tanton, Linda T ^a   Parmentier, E M ^a   Hess, P C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; CUMULATE; MAGMA; MARS; MARTIAN METEORITE; SNC METEORITE; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 1542380283     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00013.x     Document Type: Article

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