The effect of continents on mantle convective stirring

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Samuel, H ^a   Aleksandrov, V ^a   Deo, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYAPUNOV METHODS;

ANALYTICAL THEORY; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE; INFINITE PRANDTL NUMBER; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; MANTLE VISCOSITY; MIXING TIME; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

VISCOSITY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; MAGNITUDE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79952176165     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046056     Document Type: Article

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