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Lithospheric Cooling

Lithospheric Cooling is a geophysical process in which the oceanic lithosphere gradually loses heat to the overlying hydrosphere and atmosphere as it moves away from a mid-ocean ridge, resulting in progressive thermal contraction, thickening, and increased density with age.

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Constraints on hydrothermal heat flux through the oceanic lithosphere from global heat flow

Carol A. Stein, Seth Stein · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1994 · 552 citations

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Global 1°×1° thermal model TC1 for the continental lithosphere: Implications for lithosphere secular evolution

Irina Artemieva · Tectonophysics · 2006 · 515 citations · Full text

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Lithospheric Plate Motion, Sea Level Changes and Climatic and Ecological Consequences

James D Hays, Walter C. Pitman · Nature · 1973 · 447 citations

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The Galapagos Spreading Centre: Lithospheric Cooling and Hydrothermal Circulation

David L. Williams, Richard P. Von Herzen, John G. Sclater · Geophysical Journal International · 1974 · 319 citations · Full text

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Melt-rich channel observed at the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary

Samer Naif, Kerry Key, Steven Constable et al. · Nature · 2013 · 285 citations

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Authors

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  1. MD
    Marie‐Pierre Doin

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    6 publications · 368 citations

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  2. SS
    Seth Stein

    Northwestern University, United States

    6 publications · 818 citations

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  3. AC
    Anny Cazenave

    Laboratoire d’Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, France

    6 publications · 209 citations

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  4. CA
    Carol A. Stein

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    5 publications · 781 citations

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  5. EM
    E. M. Parmentier

    Brown University, United States

    5 publications · 368 citations

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    888 citations

  5. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    185 citations

  7. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    683 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 27 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    21 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. Tectonophysics

    15 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    12 publications · 404 citations

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  5. Nature

    11 publications · 1.5K citations

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