Numerical models of magmatism in convecting mantle with temperature-dependent viscosity and their implications for Venus and Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E3, 2000, Pages 6997-7012

  Ogawa, Masaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE; MODELING; VENUS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033768874     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001162     Document Type: Article

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