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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Veröffentlicht in:Geophysical research letters. - 1984. - 41(2014), 22 vom: 28. Nov., Seite 8006-8012
1. Verfasser: Kuang, W (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Jiang, W, Roberts, J, Frey, H V
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Geophysical research letters
Schlagworte:Journal Article Martian dynamo giant impacts numerical simulation thermal heterogeneity
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