Mixing in a 3D spherical model of present-day mantle convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 533-547

  Van Keken, Peter ^a   Zhong, Shijie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Atmosph Planet Sci M ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

3D models; Convection; Evolution; Mantle; Mixing; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; MIXING; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 0033618952     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00181-8     Document Type: Article

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