Mantle flow reversals in cylindrical Earth models

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 194-207

  Ghias, Sanaz R ^a   Jarvis, Gary T ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

2D models; Cylindrical geometry; Earth's curvature; Flow reversals; Mantle convection

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; EARTH'S CURVATURE; MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE FLOW REVERSALS;

EARTH (PLANET);

BUOYANCY; HEAT FLOW; HEAT SOURCE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MODELING;

EID: 36549006450     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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