Interplay of variable thermal conductivity and expansivity on the thermal structure of oceanic lithosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 351-354

  Honda, S ^a   Yuen, D A ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; BATHYMETRY; ESTIMATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; UNDERWATER HEAT TRANSFER;

LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONDUCTION MODELS; PLATE THICKNESS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSIVITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VARIABLE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC PLATE; THERMAL EXPANSIVITY;

OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0035862113     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012096     Document Type: Article

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