Thermal structure of oceanic and continental lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 337-349

  McKenzie, Dan ^a   Jackson, James ^a   Priestley, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental geotherms; Heat flow; Mantle rheology; Oceanic bathymetry

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE EARTHQUAKES; SUBDUCTION;

EARTH (PLANET); SOILS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRENCHING;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; HEAT FLOW; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; MOHO;

EID: 18244371921     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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