The thermal evolution of an earth with strong subduction zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3041-3044

  Conrad, Clinton P ^a   Hager, Bradford H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY; FEEDBACK;

LITHOSPHERE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

TECTONICS; HEAT RESISTANCE;

PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

BENDING RESISTANCE; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK MECHANISM; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SMALL-SCALE CONVECTION; SUBDUCTION INITIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT VISCOSITY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0033210722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL005397     Document Type: Article

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