Martian surface heat production and crustal heat flow from Mars Odyssey Gamma-Ray spectrometry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Hahn, B C ^a   McLennan, S M ^b   Klein, E C ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETRY;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; HEAT FLOW VALUE; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT PRODUCTION; HEAT-PRODUCING ELEMENTS; MARS ODYSSEY; MARS ODYSSEY SPACECRAFT; MARTIAN SURFACE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL STATE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HEAT FLOW; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; SPACECRAFT;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79960755005     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047435     Document Type: Article

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