An interpretation of the Nusselt-Rayleigh number relationship for convection in a spherical shell

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 801-804

  Iwase, Yasuyuki ^a   Honda, Satoru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Nusselt number; Rayleigh number; Spherical shell

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SPHERICAL SHELL;

EID: 0031435250     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01874.x     Document Type: Article

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