Ancient heat flow, crustal thickness, and lithospheric mantle rheology in the Amenthes region, Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Ruiz, Javier ^a   Fernández, Carlos ^b   Gomez Ortiz, David ^c   Dohm, James M ^d   López, Valle ^e   Tejero, Rosa ^f  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

crustal thickness; heat flow; lithosphere; Mars; rheology

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TOPOGRAPHY;

BRITTLE-DUCTILE TRANSITION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELASTIC THICKNESS; LITHOSHERIC MANTLE; LITHOSPHERE;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PROCESS; MARS; RHEOLOGY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; HESPERIA;

EID: 43649096988     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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