Crustal recycling, mantle dehydration, and the thermal evolution of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 541-558

  Morschhauser, A ^a   Grott, M ^a   Breuer, D ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Mars; Mars, Interior; Thermal histories; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952897883     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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