Three-dimensional thermal convection in an iso-viscous, infinite Prandtl number fluid heated from within and from below: Applications to the transfer of heat through planetary mantles

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 171-190

  Sotin, C ^a   Labrosse, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Internal heating; Planetary mantles; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0033574364     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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