Geological evidence for a migrating Tharsis plume on early Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 327-333

  Hynek, Brian M ^a   Robbins, Stuart J ^a   Šrámek, Ondřej ^a   Zhong, Shijie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Geology; Impact craters; Mantle plume; Mars; Tharsis

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC HISTORY; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; IMPACT CRATERS; INFILLING; MAGNETIC DATA; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; MANTLE DYNAMICS; MANTLE PLUME; MARS; MORPHOMETRY; PLUME MIGRATION; SOUTH POLE; THARSIS; VOLCANIC RESURFACING;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

VOLCANOES;

CRATER; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATING METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MARS; MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 80053360108     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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