Thermal evolution with a hydrating mantle and the initiation of plate tectonics in the early Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Korenaga, J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; FORMATION MECHANISM; HADEAN; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 83655191006     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008410     Document Type: Article

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