Effects of a realistic mantle thermal conductivity on the patterns of 3-D convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 401-409

  Dubuffet, F ^a   Yuen, D A ^b   Rabinowicz, M ^a  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Lower mantle; Thermal conductivity; Three dimensional models

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032787036     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00165-X     Document Type: Article

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