Limitation on the mass exchange between the upper and lower mantle: The evolving convection regime of the Earth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Allègre, Claude J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Mass exchange; Two layer mantle

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE; MASS EXCHANGE; TWO LAYER STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031443028     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00072-1     Document Type: Article

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