The internal structure of Mars: A key to understanding the origin of terrestrial planets

Solar System Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 456-465

  Zharkov, V N ^a  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

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