Influence of grain size evolution on convective instability

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Hall, Chad E ^a,b   Parmentier, E M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain size; Mantle convection; Rheology; Small scale convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843079192     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000308     Document Type: Article

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