Thermal convection in a volumetrically heated, infinite Prandtl number fluid with strongly temperature-dependent viscosity: Implications for planetary thermal evolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 18171-18181

  Grasset, O ^a   Parmentier, E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0032504779     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01492     Document Type: Article

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