Thermal and Compositional Evolution of the Core

Treatise on Geophysics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages 217-241

  Nimmo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Energy; Entropy; Geodynamo; Inner core; Light element; Magnetic field; Mantle

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149097808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00147-4     Document Type: Chapter

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