Time-dependent models of U-Th-He and K-Ar evolution and the layering of mantle convection

Chemical Geology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 413-429

  Albarède, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; RARE GAS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0040888063     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00152-6     Document Type: Article

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