Mixing and compositional stratification produced by natural convection 1. Experiments and their application to Earth's core and mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7183-7201

  Jellinek, A Mark ^a   Kerr, Ross C ^a   Griffiths, Ross W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); MANTLE; MIXING; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0033541439     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900116     Document Type: Article

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