Kelvin, Perry and the age of the earth

American Scientist

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 342-349

  England, Philip C ^a   Molnar, Peter ^b   Richter, Frank K ^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

DIFFUSIVITY; EARTH STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 34447329277     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2007.66.3755     Document Type: Article

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