Degree-1 convection in the Martian mantle and the origin of the hemispheric dichotomy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Roberts, James H ^a   Zhong, Shijie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MANTLE; MARS; PLANET; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 33750620969     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002668     Document Type: Article

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