On mantle-induced heat flow variations at the inner core boundary

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 336-341

  Sreenivasan, Binod ^a   Gubbins, David ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geodynamo; Heat flux variation; Inner core; Melting

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DOWN-WELLING; DYNAMO CALCULATIONS; EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE; FLUID MOTIONS; GEODYNAMO; GEODYNAMO MODELS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAT FLUX VARIATIONS; INNER CORE; INNER CORE BOUNDARY; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LOWER BOUNDARY; MAXIMUM HEAT FLUX; QUASI-STATIONARY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MELTING; MIXED CONVECTION; SHEAR FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

HEAT FLUX;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HOT SPOT; INNER CORE; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PROCESS; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 80053196370     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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