USC undergrad paper hits top spot in G-Cubed downloads (08/2009)
Former USC Earth science undergrad Brad Foley's paper
- Foley, B. and Becker, T. W.: Generation of plate-like behavior and
mantle heterogeneity from a spherical, visco-plastic convection
model. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 10, Q08001,
doi:10.1029/2009GC002378, 2009.
(PDF)
hits the top weekly download spot at
G-Cubed and gets picked as
highlighted image in August 2009
(G-Cubed "cover" from
08/2009). Brad is now a PhD student at Yale University.
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Foley, B. and Becker, T. W.: Generation of plate-like behavior and mantle
heterogeneity from a spherical, visco-plastic convection model.
Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 10, Q08001, doi:10.1029/2009GC002378, 2009.
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In the Nov 2005
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