Geophysical and geochemical constraints on geoneutrino fluxes from Earth's mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 361, Issue , 2013, Pages 356-366

  Šrámek, Ondřej ^a   McDonough, William F ^a   Kite, Edwin S ^b   Lekić, Vedran ^a   Dye, Stephen T ^c,d   Zhong, Shijie ^e  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk silicate Earth composition; Depleted mantle composition; Earth's heat budget; Geoneutrinos; Thermochemical mantle piles

Indexed keywords

BULK SILICATE EARTH; GEO-NEUTRINOS; HEAT BUDGET; MANTLE COMPOSITION; THERMOCHEMICAL MANTLE;

DYNAMICS; EARTH (PLANET); RADIATION; TECTONICS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RADIOACTIVITY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 84872286925     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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