Convective cooling of an initially stably stratified fluid with temperature-dependent viscosity: Implications for the role of solid-state convection in planetary evolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Zaranek, Sarah E ^a   Parmentier, E M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional stratification; Convection; Temperature dependent viscosity

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 2542490448     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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