Whole-mantle versus layered mantle convection and the role of a high-viscosity lower mantle in terrestrial volatile evolution

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 19-32

  Van Keken, Peter E ^a   Ballentine, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Mantle; Noble gases

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE; NOBLE GAS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031869259     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(98)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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