Towards self-consistent modeling of the martian dichotomy: The influence of one-ridge convection on crustal thickness distribution

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 429-443

  Keller, Tobias ^a   Tackley, Paul J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Mars; Planetary dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649964305     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.029     Document Type: Article

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