Geochemical observations and one layer mantle convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 125-137

  Coltice, Nicolas ^a   Ricard, Yanick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Convection; Isotopes; Mantle; Models; Noble gases; Vertical discontinuities

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; NOBLE GAS; RADIONUCLIDE; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0033490787     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00258-7     Document Type: Article

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