Ancient volcanism and its implication for thermal evolution of Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 323-324, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-18

  Xiao, Long ^a   Huang, Jun ^a   Christensen, Philip R ^b   Greeley, Ronald ^b   Williams, David A ^b   Zhao, Jiannan ^a   He, Qi ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient volcanoes; Mars; Thermal evolution; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

MARS; RADIAL CHANNELS; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; THARSIS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION; VOLCANISM;

GALLIUM; VOLCANOES;

PLANETS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; EMPLACEMENT; EROSION; MARS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

HESPERIA;

EID: 84862815474     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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