Role of plate-driven mantle flow in distribution of the global heat flow

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 416-422

  Ye, Zhengren ^a   An, Zhenwen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Global heat flow; Midocean ridge; Peclet number; Plate motion; Plate driven mantle flow

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION;

EID: 0033408334     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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