Punctuated tectonic evolution of the earth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 1995, Pages 363-379

  Davies, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION THEORY; EARTH EVOLUTION; LAYERING; MANTLE; PUNCTUATED EVOLUTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 0029519650     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(95)00167-B     Document Type: Article

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