Recycling the lid: Effects of subduction and stirring on boundary layer dynamics in bottom-heated planetary mantle convection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Thayalan, V ^a   Jellinek, A M ^b   Lenardic, Adrian ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; PLANETS; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

BOTTOM-HEATED PLANETARY MANTLE CONVECTION; COLD OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; EARTH-LIKE PLUME MODELS; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; VELOCITY BOUNDARY LAYER;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL REGIME;

EID: 33845605827     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027668     Document Type: Article

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