Styles of mantle convection and their influence on planetary evolution

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-111

  Stevenson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Planetary evolution

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MANTLE CONVECTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037221309     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00009-9     Document Type: Article

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