Mantle convection controls the observed lateral variations in lithospheric thickness on present-day Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Kiefer, Walter S ^a,b   Li, Qingsong ^a,b  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CGG   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ELASTIC LITHOSPHERE; ELASTIC THICKNESS; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LAYERED DEPOSITS; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; PRIOR ESTIMATES; SOUNDING RADAR; STAGNANT LID CONVECTION;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

HEAT FLUX; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 72149129475     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039827     Document Type: Article

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