Extended-Boussinesq thermal-chemical convection with moving heat sources and variable viscosity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 401-411

  Hansen, U ^a   Yuen, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Heat sources; Lower mantle; Melting; Thermochemical properties

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT SOURCE; LOWER MANTLE; MELTING;

EID: 0034732039     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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