Box modeling the chemical evolution of geophysical systems: Case study of the Earth's mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1579-1582

  Coltice, N ^a   Ferrachat, S ^a   Ricard, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MODELING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TECTONICS; FLUID MECHANICS;

BOX MODELING; MANTLE;

GEOPHYSICS;

CHEMICAL DIFFUSIVITY; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; DYNAMICAL CONSTRAINTS; EARTH'S MANTLE; GEOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GEOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTITATIVE TOOL;

EID: 0034352863     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL008415     Document Type: Article

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