The internal activity and thermal evolution of Earth-like planets

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 447-458

  Papuc, Andreea M ^a   Davies, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extrasolar planets; Interiors; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049103441     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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