Impact demagnetization of the martian crust

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-317

  Mohit, Pundit Surdas ^a,b   Arkani Hamed, Jafar ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact processes; Magnetic fields; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842832792     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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