Transient mantle convection on Venus: The paradoxical coexistence of highlands and coronae in the BAT region

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 100-119

  Robin, Catherine M I ^a   Jellinek, A Mark ^b   Thayalan, Vid ^c   Lenardic, Adrian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coronae; highlands; mantle thermals and mantle plumes; transient mantle convection; Venus

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PLUMES; MANTLE THERMALS; TRANSIENT MANTLE CONVECTION; VENUS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; THERMAL PLUMES;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CORONA; CRATERING; HEAT FLUX; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; OVERTURN; PLANETARY LANDFORM; THERMAL EVOLUTION; VENUS;

VENUSIA;

EID: 33847621731     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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