Effects of continents on earth cooling: Thermal blanketing and depletion in radioactive elements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2707-2710

  Grigne C ^a   Labrosse, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

THERMAL BLANKETING;

GEOPHYSICS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; HEAT FLOW; MANTLE PROCESS; RADIONUCLIDE;

EID: 0035878267     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012475     Document Type: Article

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