Intense local toroidal motion generated by variable viscosity compressible convection in 3-D spherical-shell

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3135-3138

  Zhang, S ^a   Yuen, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOUS FLOW; FEEDBACK; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

FAST UPWELLING PLUMES; HOTSPOT ACTIVITY; MICROPLATE ROTATION; POLOIDAL MOTION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK INTERACTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TOROIDAL MOTION; TRANSFORM FAULTING; VARIABLE VISCOSITY COMPRESSIBLE CONVECTION;

TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; TOROIDAL MOTION; VISCOSITY;

FEEDBACK INTERACTION; MICROPLATE ROTATION; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSFORM FAULTING; VARIABLE VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY VARIATIONS; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

EID: 0030292275     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03029     Document Type: Article

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