Potential role played by viscous heating in thermal-chemical convection in the outer core

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1113-1123

  Hansen, Ulrich ^a   Yuen, David A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BUOYANCY RATIO; CONVECTION; CORE (OUTER); DISSIPATIVE HEAT; VISCOUS HEATING;

EID: 0029731430     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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