Onset of thermal chemical convection with crystallization and its geological implications

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Hsui, Albert T ^a   Riahi, Daniel N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; crystallization; double diffusion; fluid instability

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BUOYANCY; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; LATENT HEAT; LIQUIDS; NICKEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLIDIFICATION;

COMPOSITIONAL ORIGINS; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE SYSTEMS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FLUID INSTABILITY; OSCILLATORY INSTABILITY; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS; THERMAL BUOYANCY FORCE;

STABILITY;

EID: 2542463234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000075     Document Type: Article

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