Constraints on the radiogenic heat production rate in the Martian interior from viscous relaxation of crustal thickness variations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Grott, Matthias ^a   Breuer, Doris ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEATING RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS VARIATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL CRUSTAL COOLING; RADIOGENIC HEAT PRODUCTION RATE; RADIOGENIC HEATING;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HEAT PRODUCTION; MARS; MODELING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 43549085751     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033021     Document Type: Article

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