The influence of mantle melting on the evolution of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-57

  Fraeman, Abigail A ^a   Korenaga, Jun ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, interior; Mars, surface; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957285715     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.06.030     Document Type: Article

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