Variations in planetary convection via the effect of climate on damage

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Landuyt, W ^a   Bercovici, D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; damage; planetary convection; plate generation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CONVECTION SIMULATIONS; DAMAGE; DAMAGE BEHAVIORS; DAMAGE CONTROLS; GRAIN SIZES; NEW MODELS; ON TIMES; PLANETARY CONVECTION; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE GENERATION; PLATE TECTONICS; SHORT BURSTS; STAGNANT LID CONVECTIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE CONTROL; COLLOIDS; EARTH (PLANET); FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; TECTONICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY;

GRAIN GROWTH;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONVECTION; DAMAGE MECHANICS; EPISODIC EVENT; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VENUS;

EID: 57749098596     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.034     Document Type: Article

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