Interaction between local magma ocean evolution and mantle dynamics on Mars

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 913-932

  Reese, Chris C ^a   Solomatov, Viatcheslav S ^a   Orth, Christopher P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magma ocean; Mantle convection; Mars

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; IMPACT-INDUCED MELTS; MAGMA OCEAN; MANTLE CONVECTION; MARS; PLANETARY EVOLUTIONS; TIMING CONSTRAINTS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

HEAT FLUX;

BUOYANCY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; MAGMA; MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MARS; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; RECYCLING; UPWELLING;

EID: 75749149700     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(42)     Document Type: Article

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