Centerline temperature of mantle plumes in various geometries: Incompressible flow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue B10, 1996, Pages 21829-21846

  Leitch, A M ^a   Steinbach, V ^b,d   Yuen, D A ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTERLINE TEMPERATURE; CONVECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MANTLE PLUME;

EID: 0030437551     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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