Core formation and mantle differentiation on Mars

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 27-48

  Mezger, Klaus ^a   Debaille, Vinciane ^b   Kleine, Thorsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical differentiation; Core formation; Magma ocean; Mantle evolution; Short lived nuclides

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DIFFERENTIATION; CORE FORMATION; MAGMA OCEAN; MANTLE EVOLUTION; SHORT-LIVED NUCLIDES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; SILICATES; TUNGSTEN;

METEORITES;

EID: 84871750152     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-012-9935-8     Document Type: Article

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