Limits on the mass flux between lower and upper mantle and stability of layering

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 213-222

  O'Nions, R K ^a,b   Tolstikhin, I N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ar 40 Ar 36; Layered materials; Mass transfer; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-36; CRUSTAL GROWTH; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAYERING; MANTLE (UPPER); MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0029731271     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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