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

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Korenaga, Jun ^a   Jordan, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Scaling laws; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE TECTONICS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SCALE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 2542442487     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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