Quantitative investigation of physical properties of mantle plumes in three-dimensional numerical models

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Galsa, Attila ^a   Lenkey, László ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM; MANTLE PLUMES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ADVECTION; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 36849033283     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2794284     Document Type: Article

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