A note on continents and the Earth's Urey ratio

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 127-130

  Lenardic, A ^a   Cooper, C M ^b   Moresi, L ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Thermal history

Indexed keywords

FIRST-ORDER; HEAT PRODUCTION; KEY CONSTRAINTS; MANTLE CONVECTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL HISTORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH STRUCTURE; HEAT PRODUCTION; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 80053318054     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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