Heat transfer and interfacial temperature of two-layered convection: Implications for the D"-mantle coupling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Namiki, Atsuko ^a   Kurita, Kei ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

BUOYANCY NUMBER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; GEODYNAMO; HEAT FLUX; MANTLE PROCESS; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0037493695     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015809     Document Type: Article

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