Zoned mantle convection

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1800, 2002, Pages 2569-2592

  Albarède, Francis ^a   Van der Hilst, Rob D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Deep mantle composition; Deep mantle discontinuities; Lithospheric plate buoyancy; Mantle convection; Oceanic plateaux

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW KINETICS; GEOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; SEA; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

CONVECTION; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; OCEANS AND SEAS; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037111550     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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