Entrainment of a dense layer by thermal plumes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 666-676

  Zhong, Shijie ^a   Hager, Bradford H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Mantle flow; Thermochemical convection

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; LAYER; MANTLE CONVECTION; THERMOCHEMISTRY; UPWELLING;

EID: 0141857562     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01988.x     Document Type: Article

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