Parameterized thermal model of a mixed mantle convection

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 699-709

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Linshi, Yao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Mixed mantle convection; Parameterized model; Thermal history of the Earth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004426187     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-999-0071-9     Document Type: Article

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