Martian crustal dichotomy and Tharsis formation by partial melting coupled to early plume migration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Šrámek, Ondej ^a   Zhong, Shijie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MARS; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUME;

EID: 84856042663     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003867     Document Type: Article

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