Starting conditions for hydrothermal systems underneath Martian craters: Hydrocode modeling

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 384, Issue , 2005, Pages 443-457

  Pierazzo, E ^a   Artemieva, N A ^b   Ivanov, B A ^b  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal systems; Impact craters; Mars; Melt production; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE; HYDROCODE SIMULATION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMPACT CRATERS; MARS; MELT PRODUCTION; TARGET COMPOSITION;

METEOR IMPACTS;

ASTEROID; CRATER; CRATERING; EVAPORATION; HEAT SOURCE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; INHOMOGENEITY; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

EID: 74049131057     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.443     Document Type: Article

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