Steady tetrahedral and cubic patterns of spherical shell convection with temperature-dependent viscosity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue B11, 1996, Pages 25473-25484

  Ratcliff, James Todd ^a   Schubert, Gerald ^a,c   Zebib, Abdelfattah ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; SPHERICAL SHELL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TERRESTRIAL PLANET; THERMAL CONVECTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030428959     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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