Dynamics of strongly time-dependent convection with non-Newtonian temperature-dependent viscosity

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 75-103

  Larsen, Tine B ^a   Yuen, David A ^a   Malevsky, Andrei V ^b   Smedsmo, Jamie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; MANTLE PLUME; NON- NEWTONIAN RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0029730795     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03082-4     Document Type: Article

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