Effect of plate bending on the Urey ratio and the thermal evolution of the mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 513-518

  Davies, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

plate bending; subduction; thermal evolution; Urey ratio

Indexed keywords

BENDING RESISTANCE; CONDUCTIVE COOLING; COSMOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; PLATE BENDING; PLATE MOTIONS; PLATE THICKNESS; PLATE VELOCITY; RADII OF CURVATURE; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; RAPID COOLING; RATIO PROBLEM; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC PLATES; THERMAL EVOLUTION; UREY RATIO;

COOLING;

TECTONICS;

BENDING; COSMOCHEMISTRY; CURVATURE; DEHYDRATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 70350129695     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.038     Document Type: Article

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