On cooling of the Earth's core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-17

  Labrosse, Stéphane ^a   Poirier, Jean Paul ^a   Le Mouël, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CORE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0030921365     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03207-4     Document Type: Article

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