Comparison of the dynamic and parameterized models of mantle convection including core cooling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 133-145

  Honda, Satoru ^a   Iwase, Y ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convection; Core; Mantle; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COOLING MODEL; CORE COOLING; DYNAMIC MODEL; MANTLE CONVECTION; PARAMETERIZED MODEL;

EID: 0029729301     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00241-4     Document Type: Article

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