Implications of an impact origin for the martian hemispheric dichotomy

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7199, 2008, Pages 1220-1223

  Nimmo, F ^a   Hart, S D ^a   Korycansky, D G ^a   Agnor, C B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONVECTION; CRUST; IMPACT; MARS; MOON; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SHERGOTTITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 46249126029     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07025     Document Type: Article

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