Near-surface thermal/chemical boundary layer convection at infinite Prandtl number: Two-dimensional numerical experiments

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 689-711

  Lenardic, A ^a   Kaula, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Mantle convection

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; HEAT FLOW; MANTLE;

EID: 0030461265     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04698.x     Document Type: Article

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