DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(84)90021-9. Heat transport by variable viscosity convection and implications for the Earth's thermal evolution

Heat transport by variable viscosity convection and implications for the Earth's thermal evolution

10.1016/0031-9201(84)90021-9

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Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (78)

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Christensen, U. R. (1984). Heat transport by variable viscosity convection and implications for the Earthâs thermal evolution. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 35(4), 264â282.

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U.R. Christensen (first)

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@article{Christensen_1984, title={Heat transport by variable viscosity convection and implications for the Earth’s thermal evolution}, volume={35}, ISSN={0031-9201}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0031-9201(84)90021-9}, DOI={10.1016/0031-9201(84)90021-9}, number={4}, journal={Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Christensen, U.R.}, year={1984}, month=nov, pages={264–282} }

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