Nonequilibrium temperatures and cooling rates in thick continental lithosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Michaut, Chloé ^a   Jaupart, Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

8121 Tectonophysics: Dynamics, convection currents and mantle plumes; 8124 Tectonophysics: Earth's interior Composition and state (1212); 8130 Tectonophysics: Heat generation and transport

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION; POTASSIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; COOLING RATES; DIFFUSIVE HEAT; RADIOGENIC HEAT GENERATION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; HEAT FLOW; MANTLE CONVECTION; THERMAL REGIME;

EID: 14544282853     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021092     Document Type: Article

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