Multiple scales in mantle convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 351-366

  Dubuffet, F ^a   Rabinowicz, M ^a   Monnereau, M ^a  

^a IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Convection; Mantle; Stratification; Three dimensional models; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; MODELING; SCALE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034082413     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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