Hot blanket in Earth's deep crust

Jean Braun
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Jean Braun: Jean Braun is at the Géosciences Rennes CNRS UMR 6118, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes F-35042, France. jean.braun@univ-rennes1.fr

Nature, 2009, vol. 458, issue 7236, 292-293

Abstract: Studies of rocks from Earth's crust suggest that the lower crust is a good thermal insulator. The knock-on effects of this finding are many — one being the crust's increased potential to generate more magma.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1038/458292a

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