Dynamic causes of the relation between area and age of the ocean floor

Science

Volumn 336, Issue 6079, 2012, Pages 335-338

  Coltice, N ^a,b   Rolf, T ^b   Tackley, P J ^b   Labrosse, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEA LEVEL; SEAFLOOR; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT LOSS; LITHOSPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84859965785     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1219120     Document Type: Article

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