Convective instability in Europa's floating ice shell

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 951-954

  McKinnon, William B ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FREEZING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; BRIDGE PIERS; LINEARIZATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRAIN RATE;

CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY; EUROPA FLOATING ICE SHELL; PARAMETERIZED CONVECTION MODELS; TIDAL HEATING;

HEAT CONVECTION; ICE;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EUROPA; ICE SHEET;

CONVECTION MODEL; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; LOW VISCOSITY; PARAMETERIZED; SMALL GRAIN SIZE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT VISCOSITY; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; THERMAL INSTABILITIES;

EID: 0033117644     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900125     Document Type: Article

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