Double-diffusive convection in a rotating cylindrical annulus with conical caps

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 183-190

  Simitev, Radostin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven instabilities; Double diffusive convection; Planetary core

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; CORE CONVECTION; CRITICAL RAYLEIGH NUMBER; CYLINDRICAL SURFACE; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; EIGEN MODES; ISOLATED ISLANDS; NEUTRAL SURFACES; ONSET OF CONVECTION; PARAMETER SPACES; PLANETARY CORE; THERMAL BUOYANCY; TIME DEPENDENCE; ZONAL FLOWS;

ROTATION;

BUOYANCY;

BUOYANCY; CORE (PLANETARY); DOUBLE DIFFUSION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL CONVECTION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 79957800973     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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