Thermal history of the Earth and its petrological expression by Claude Herzberg and others (2010, 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.022)

Authors: Claude Herzberg, Kent Condie, Jun Korenaga.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters 292, 79–88. Models primary liquids and ambient mantle potential temperature; estimates thick ancient oceanic crust and distinguishes non-arc basalts from komatiites.