The influences of surface temperature on upwellings in planetary convection with phase transitions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 15-25

  Steinbach, Volker ^a   Yuen, David A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Earth; Mantle plumes; Phase transitions; Venus

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

EID: 0032439840     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00149-6     Document Type: Article

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