Early crustal evolution of Mars

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue , 2005, Pages 133-161

  Nimmo, Francis ^a   Tanaka, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative planetology; Geology; Gravity; Magnetism; Topography

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HEAT CONVECTION; MAGNETIZATION; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BASALTIC ANDESITE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; HEAT-PRODUCING ELEMENTS; MAGMA EVOLUTION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; MAGMATISM; MARS;

EID: 20544477972     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.33.092203.122637     Document Type: Review

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