Influence of initial CMB temperature and other parameters on the thermal evolution of Earth's core resulting from thermochemical spherical mantle convection

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nakagawa, Takashi ^a   Tackley, Paul J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CMB heat flow; CMB temperature; Early Earth; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954395214     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003031     Document Type: Article

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