The Boussinesq and anelastic liquid approximations for convection in the Earth's core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 163-190

  Anufriev, A P ^a   Jones, C A ^b   Soward, A M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boussinesq approximation; Core convection; Geodynamo models

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANELASTIC LIQUID APPROXIMATIONS; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; CORE CONVECTION; EARTH CORE; GEODYNAMO MODELS;

GEOPHYSICS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CONVECTION; CORE (PLANETARY); GEODYNAMO; HEAT FLUX;

EID: 26444578831     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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