Three dimensional models of Martian mantle convection with phase transitions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-232

  Breuer, Doris ^a   Yuen, Dave A ^b   Spohn, Tilman ^a   Zhang, Shuxia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL PLUMES; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY (CMB); EARTH MANTLE;

GEOPHYSICS; PEROVSKITE;

MANTLE; PHASE TRANSITION;

MARS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DYNAMICS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS; EXOTHERMIC TRANSITIONS; HEAT CONSUMPTION; MAGNETIC ACTIVITY; PEROVSKITE LAYERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; VOLCANIC CENTERS;

EID: 0032004740     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03767     Document Type: Article

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