Heterogeneity and time dependence in 3D spherical mantle convection models with continental drift

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 121-135

  Phillips, Benjamin R ^a   Bunge, Hans Peter ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental drift; Mantle convection; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; OCEANIC PLATES; THERMAL BLANKETING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) SPHERICAL MANTLE CONVECTION MODEL;

FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; THERMAL PLUMES; VISCOSITY;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; CONVECTION; MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 17044412898     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.01.041     Document Type: Article

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