Testing the tracer ratio method for modeling active compositional fields in mantle convection simulations

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Tackley, Paul J ^a   King, Scott D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical layering; Mantle convection; Tracer methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141868856     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000214     Document Type: Article

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