Global heat flow simulation based on a kinematic model of mantle flow

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 329-335

  Ye, Zheng Ren ^a   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Density anomaly; Heat flow; Mantle flow; Plate motion; Tomography

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036160306     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01616.x     Document Type: Article

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