Rotating thermal convection experiments in a hemispherical shell with heterogeneous boundary heat flux: Implications for the Earth's core

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Sumita, Ikuro ^a   Olson, Peter ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Heat flux; Heterogeneity; Inner core; Outer core; Rotating spherical shell; Thermal convection experiment

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); HEAT FLUX; INNER CORE; OUTER CORE; ROTATION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0037055952     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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