A top-down origin for martian mantle plumes

Icarus

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-210

  van Thienen, P ^a   Rivoldini, A ^b   Van Hoolst, T ^b   Lognonne Ph ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Geophysics; interior; Mars; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749241339     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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