Effects of continental insulation and the partitioning of heat producing elements on the Earth's heat loss

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Cooper, C M ^a   Lenardic, A ^b   Moresi, L ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES; RAYLEIGH FADING;

BOTTOM-HEATED CONVECTING MANTLE; HEAT PRODUCING ELEMENTS; HEAT-PRODUCING RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; LITHOSPHERE;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; INSULATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; PARTITIONING; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 33845622767     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026291     Document Type: Article

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