Could giant basin-forming impacts have killed Martian dynamo?

The observed strong remanent crustal magnetization at the surface of Mars suggests an active dynamo in the past and ceased to exist around early to middle Noachian era, estimated by examining remagnetization strengths in extant and buried impact basins. We investigate whether the Martian dynamo coul...

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Publié dans:Geophysical research letters. - 1984. - 41(2014), 22 vom: 28. Nov., Seite 8006-8012
Auteur principal: Kuang, W (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Jiang, W, Roberts, J, Frey, H V
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2014
Accès à la collection:Geophysical research letters
Sujets:Journal Article Martian dynamo giant impacts numerical simulation thermal heterogeneity