Continents, supercontinents, mantle thermal mixing, and mantle thermal isolation: Theory, numerical simulations, and laboratory experiments
- 22 October 2011
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
- Vol. 12 (10)
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