An alternative mechanism for recent volcanism on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Schumacher, Sandra ^a   Breuer, Doris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LAVA FLOWS; VOLCANISM;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUST; IMAGE; LAVA FLOW; MANTLE PLUME; MARS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 34548572318     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030083     Document Type: Article

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