Pristine Noachian crust and key geologic transitions in the lower walls of Valles Marineris: Insights into early igneous processes on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 420-435

  Flahaut, Jessica ^a   Quantin, Cathy ^a   Clenet, Harold ^a   Allemand, Pascal ^a   Mustard, John F ^b   Thomas, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, Interior; Mars, Surface; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866759369     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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