Eustasy, supercontinental insulation, and the temporal variability of terrestrial heat flux

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 350-358

  Korenaga, Jun ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

continental flooding; mantle convection; oceanic hypsography; sea level changes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL FLOODING; MANTLE CONVECTION; OCEANIC HYPSOGRAPHY;

ASPECT RATIO; HEAT FLUX; INSULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

EARTH (PLANET);

EUSTACY; HEAT FLUX; MANTLE CONVECTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 34247160436     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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