Stagnant lid convection in a spherical shell

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Reese, C C ^a   Solomatov, V S ^a   Baumgardner, J R ^b   Yang, W S ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle rheology; Planetary heat flow; Stagnant lid convection

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; HEAT FLOW; MANTLE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0033377115     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00115-6     Document Type: Article

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