Thermo-compositional convection in Europa's icy shell with salinity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Han, Lijie ^a,b   Showman, Adam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; SALINE WATER; SEA ICE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; ICY SHELL; INFINITE PRANDTL NUMBER; SURFACE VISCOSITY; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMO-COMPOSITIONAL CONVECTION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CONVECTION; EUROPA; SALINITY;

EID: 28944438500     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023979     Document Type: Article

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