Phase-transition modulated mixing in the mantle of the Earth

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1711, 1996, Pages 1425-1447

  Peltier, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0030455194     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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