Reorientation of planets with lithospheres: The effect of elastic energy

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 401-412

  Matsuyama, Isamu ^a   Nimmo, Francis ^b   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mars; Planetary formation; Rotational dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448933544     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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