Gravitational depletion of the early Earth's upper mantle and the viability of early plate tectonics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 376-382

  Davies, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early mantle; Mantle convection; Plate tectonics; Trace element depletion

Indexed keywords

EARLY MANTLE; GRAVITATIONAL DEPLETION; MANTLE CONVECTION;

GRAVITY WAVES; NATURAL CONVECTION; ROCKS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 33644912846     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.053     Document Type: Article

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