Rheological structure of the mantle of a super-Earth: Some insights from mineral physics

Icarus

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-23

  Karato, Shun ichiro ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar planets; Interiors; Terrestrial planets; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952006590     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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