Numerical models of mantle convection with secular cooling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-193

  DeLandro Clarke, Wanda ^a   Jarvis, Gary T ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convection; Core mantle boundary; Mantle convection; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; COOLING; CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE;

EID: 0030802817     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00948.x     Document Type: Article

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