Physics of multiscale convection in Earth's mantle: Onset of sublithospheric convection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Korenaga, Jun ^a   Jordan, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential rayleigh number; Oceanic lithosphere; Scaling analysis; Small scale convection; Temperature dependent viscosity; Upper mantle tomography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE TECTONICS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0142166724     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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