Convection in spherical fluid shells with an outer crust of variable thickness

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 283-294

  Zhang, K ^a   Busse, F H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hopf bifurcation; Outer crust; Spherical fluid shells

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; HOPF BIFURCATION; SPHERICAL FLUID SHELL;

EID: 0031448439     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00070-8     Document Type: Article

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