Mantle convection and evolution with growing continents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Walzer, Uwe ^a   Hendel, Roland ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; HEAT FLOW; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOSITY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; RATTUS;

EID: 56449086550     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005459     Document Type: Article

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