Convection experiments in fluids with highly temperature-dependent viscosity and the thermal evolution of the planets

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1982, Pages 320-329

  Nataf, H C ^a   Richter, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0020463012     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(82)90020-6     Document Type: Article

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