A high-order finite-difference method applied to large rayleigh number mantle convection

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-83

  Larsen, Tine B ^a   Yuen, David A ^b   Moser, Jiří ^b   Fornberg, Bengt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

High Rayleigh number convection; Higher order finite difference methods; Three dimensional convection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER THEORY; MANTLE CONVECTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

GEOPHYSICS;

CONVECTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HIGH RAYLEIGH NUMBER; MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MODEL;

EID: 0031437478     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929708208973     Document Type: Article

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