John Perry's neglected critique of Kelvin's age for the Earth: A missed opportunity in geodynamics

GSA Today

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-9

  England, Philip ^a   Molnar, Peter ^b   Richter, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; EARTH SCIENCE; GEODYNAMICS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD;

EID: 33947145237     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSAT01701A.1     Document Type: Article

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