Volcanism on Mars controlled by early oxidation of the upper mantle

Nature

Volumn 498, Issue 7454, 2013, Pages 342-345

  Tuff, J ^a   Wade, J ^a   Wood, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; IRON; MAGNETITE; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; SULFUR; VOLATILE AGENT;

BASALT; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; IGNEOUS ROCK; MANTLE; MARS; MELTING; METEOR; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OXIDATION; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SURFACE PROPERTY; VOLCANO;

EID: 84879381080     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12225     Document Type: Article

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