Low viscosity channels and the stability of long wavelength convection

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 122-126

  Ahmed, Omar ^a   Lenardic, Adrian ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Long wavelength flow; Mantle convection

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER THEORY; CELL WAVELENGTHS; ENDMEMBERS; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW VISCOSITY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PATTERN SELECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; IGNEOUS ROCKS; VISCOSITY;

WAVELENGTH;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW STRUCTURE; HEAT TRANSFER; MANTLE CONVECTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 77951094194     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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