Onset of convection in fluids with strongly temperature-dependent, power-law viscosity. 2. Dependence on the initial perturbation

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Solomatov, V S ^a   Barr, A C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocation creep; Onset of convection; Power law viscosity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; ICE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RHEOLOGY; SILICATES; VISCOSITY;

DISLOCATION CREEP; POWER-LAW VISCOSITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

GEOPHYSICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP; POWER LAW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL CONVECTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 35549007481     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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