Effects of thermo-chemical mantle convection on the thermal evolution of the Earth's core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 107-119

  Nakagawa, Takashi ^a   Tackley, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional anomalies; Core mantle boundary; Inner core growth; Mantle convection; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT FLUX; MANTLE CONVECTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 1842533305     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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