Nature of Convection in the Mantle

• 24 September 2001
• book chapter
• Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• p. 767-796
• https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511612879.016

Abstract

Keywords

• DENSITY
• GIANT IMPACT HYPOTHESIS
• MID OCEAN RIDGE
• EVOLUTION
• RECYCLING
• GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
• BATHYMETRY
• EARTH
• CONVECTION
• STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
• VISCOSITY
• ECLOGITE
• ISLAND ARCS
• MARS
• GRAIN SIZE
• INSTABILITY
• GRAVITY ANOMALIES
• MOON
• ACCRETION
• PARTIAL MELTING