Fast plumeheads: Temperature-dependent versus non-Newtonian rheology

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1995-1998

  Larsen, Tine B ^a   Yuen, David A ^b  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

HIGH RESOLUTION; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; NON-NEWTONIAN RHEOLOGY; PEAK VELOCITIES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SURFACE DISSIPATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; VISCOSITY CONTRAST;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

FAST PLUMEHEADS; TWO DIMENSIONAL CARTESIAN SIMULATIONS;

MANTLE PLUME; NON-NEWTONIAN RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031202597     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01886     Document Type: Article

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