Onset and orientation of convection in the inner core

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 711-719

  Buffett, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Instability analysis; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; INNER CORE; MODELING; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 70350393125     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04311.x     Document Type: Article

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