Energetics of mantle convection and the fate of fossil heat

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Korenaga, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EARTH (PLANET); GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAT FLUX; RHEOLOGY;

HEAT-PRODUCING ELEMENTS; CONVECTING MANTLE; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

GEOPHYSICS; TECTONICS;

DEHYDRATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0041883661     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL016982     Document Type: Article

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