Geoneutrinos and the radioactive power of the Earth

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Dye, S T ^a,b  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEATING; ISOTOPES; POTASSIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

BETA DECAY; CONSISTENT VALUES; EARTH MODELS; ENERGY SPECTRA; FUTURE OBSERVATIONS; GEO-NEUTRINOS; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; HEAT-PRODUCING ELEMENTS; MANTLE CONVECTION; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL HISTORY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

EARTH; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; RADIOACTIVITY; URANIUM;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84866698377     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012RG000400     Document Type: Article

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