| Description | Working files entitled 'Thermal history (1)' and 'Thermal history with Frank Richter 1981', relating to the paper: McKenzie, D & F M Richter, "Parameterized thermal convection in a layered region and the thermal history of the Earth", 'Journal of Geophysical Research', vol 86 (1981), pp 11,667-11,680.
File 1 comprises: Contour plot diagrams, notes, manuscript and computer generated plots and graphs, data sets, [n.d. & 1978]; circular letter with instructions, concerning the submission of abstracts for publication for the conference 'The Crust of the Earth and its Mineral Deposits', held in honour of Professor John Tuzo Wilson, University of Toronto, Canada, 14-16 May 1979, including list of speakers and draft programme, 8 January 1979; notes by McKenzie, 'Thermal History ideas from conversation with Euan Nisbett [sic], 15 March 1979'; letter from Robert B Hargraves, Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Guyot Hall, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, is one of McKenzie's 'most enthusiastic geological fans' and wishes to use one of McKenzie's previously published figures for his latest paper and seeking clarification of McKenzie's opinion on large scale convection, 23 March 1978, with copy reply from McKenzie, 17 April 1978; bibliography and offprints of published academic papers by others on related subjects, 1971-1979.
File 2 comprises: offprints of published academic papers by others on related subjects, 1977-1980; manuscript notes, plots/graphs and equations, [mostly undated, but one sheet marked 25 August 1980]; computer generated contour plots, graphs and other data, some of which were used in the published paper, [n.d.]. |