Geological consequences of super-sized Earths

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  O'Neill, C ^a   Lenardic, A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EXTRASOLAR PLANET; MANTLE CONVECTION; THERMOTECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EARTH (PLANET);

BUOYANCY; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 37249017613     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030598     Document Type: Article

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