Traits and evolution of the tharsis superplume, Mars

Superplumes: Beyond Plate Tectonics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 523-536

  Dohm, James M ^a   Baker, Victor R ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^b   Anderson, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5750-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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