Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Context
- 3 Why moving plates?
- 4 Solid, yielding mantle
- 5 Convection
- 6 The plate mode of convection
- 7 The plume mode of convection
- 8 Perspective
- 9 Evolution and tectonics
- 10 Mantle chemical evolution
- 11 Assimilating mantle convection into geology
- Appendix A Exponential growth and decay
- Appendix B Thermal evolution details
- Appendix C Chemical evolution details
- References
- Index
Appendix B - Thermal evolution details
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Context
- 3 Why moving plates?
- 4 Solid, yielding mantle
- 5 Convection
- 6 The plate mode of convection
- 7 The plume mode of convection
- 8 Perspective
- 9 Evolution and tectonics
- 10 Mantle chemical evolution
- 11 Assimilating mantle convection into geology
- Appendix A Exponential growth and decay
- Appendix B Thermal evolution details
- Appendix C Chemical evolution details
- References
- Index
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- Mantle Convection for Geologists , pp. 211 - 215Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011