The thermal evolution of Mars as constrained by paleo-heat flows

Icarus

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 508-517

  Ruiz, Javier ^a   McGovern, Patrick J ^b   Jiménez Díaz, Alberto ^a   López, Valle ^c,d   Williams, Jean Pierre ^e   Hahn, Brian C ^f   Tejero, Rosa ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, interior; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052516797     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.029     Document Type: Article

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