Mantle convection and stability of depleted and undepleted continental lithosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B2, 1997, Pages 2771-2787

  Doin, Marie Pierre ^a,b,c   Fleitout, Luce ^b   Christensen, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a Institut Fur Geophysik   (Germany)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c Institut fur Geophysik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Photoion yield curves; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; VUV peaks

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CRATON; MANTLE; STABILITY;

EID: 0030762864     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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