3D thermal convection with variable viscosity: Can transient cooling be described by a quasi-static scaling law?

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 321-336

  Choblet, G ^a   Sotin, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Mantle convection; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

COOLING; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; THERMAL CONVECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034036258     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(00)00136-9     Document Type: Article

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