Rotational bulge and one plume convection pattern: Influence on Martian true polar wander

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 212-220

  Rouby, Hélène ^a   Greff Lefftz, Marianne ^a   Besse, Jean ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Dichotomy; Inertial interchange; Mars; Rotation; Rotational bulge; Tharsis; TPW

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY (CMB); ELASTIC LITHOSPHERE; ELSEVIER (CO); EXTERNAL TORQUE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; MARTIAN MANTLE; ROTATION AXES; SPIN-AXIS;

HISTORY; ROTATION;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CONVECTION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MARS; PLUME; POLAR WANDERING; TORQUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 47749100396     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.044     Document Type: Article

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