Temperatures, Heat and Energy in the Mantle of the Earth

Treatise on Geophysics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 253-303

  Jaupart, C ^a   Labrosse, S ^a   Mareschal, J C ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core heat flow; Heat flow; Heat generation; Mantle convection; Mantle energy budget; Plate tectonics; Secular cooling; Thermal evolution; Urey ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882922381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00114-0     Document Type: Chapter

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