The present-day thermal state of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 631-637

  Ruiz, Javier ^a   López, Valle ^b   Dohm, James M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, Interior; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952583271     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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