Origin and thermal evolution of Mars

Details Origin and thermal evolution of Mars Origin and thermal evolution of Mars

Mar 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993thtp.reptq....s&link_type=abstract

In MIT, Tectonic History of the Terrestrial Planets 19 p (SEE N94-31105 09-91)

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Geophysics

Convective Heat Transfer, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Lithosphere, Mars (Planet), Mars Surface, Outgassing, Planetary Geology, Composition (Property), Isotopes, Meteorites, Viscosity

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The thermal evolution of Mars is governed by subsolidus mantle convection beneath a thick lithosphere. Models of the interior evolution are developed by parameterizing mantle convective heat transport in terms of mantle viscosity, the superadiabatic temperature rise across the mantle and mantle heat production. Geological, geophysical, and geochemical observations of the composition and structure of the interior and of the timing of major events in Martian evolution, such as global differentiation, atmospheric outgassing and the formation of the hemispherical dichotomy and Tharsis, are used to constrain the model computations. Isotope systematics of SNC meteorites suggest core formation essentially contemporaneously with the completion of accretion. Other aspects of this investigation are discussed.

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