Viscosity of the Martian mantle and its initial temperature: Constraints from crust formation history and the evolution of the magnetic field

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-169

  Breuer, Doris ^a   Spohn, Tilman ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal evolution; Magnetic field evolution; Mantle dynamics; Mantle viscosity; Mars

Indexed keywords

EUTECTICS; GRAVITATION; HEAT CONVECTION; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; SULFUR; VISCOSITY;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EVOLUTION; MANTLE DYNAMICS; MANTLE VISCOSITY; MARS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 31444452623     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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