Thermal evolution of the oceanic lithosphere: An alternative view

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 121-136

  Doin, M P ^a   Fleitout, L ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Cooling; Heat flow; Lithosphere; Oceanic crust; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; OCEAN CRUST; OCEAN LITHOSPHERE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0029809257     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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