Scaling of plate tectonic convection with pseudoplastic rheology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Korenaga, Jun ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; PLATE TECTONICS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL CONVECTION; VISCOSITY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 78649234170     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007670     Document Type: Article

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