The effects of variable thermal conductivity on mantle heat-transfer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 875-878

  Van Den Berg, Arie P ^a   Yuen, David A ^b   Steinbach, Volker ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

MANTLE; SURFACE HEAT FLOW;

GEOPHYSICS;

HEAT FLOW; MANTLE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0035268274     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011903     Document Type: Article

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