Numerical study on double-diffusive convection in the Earth's core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 194-195, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-63

  Trumper T ^a   Breuer, M ^a   Hansen, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core dynamics; Double diffusive convection; Geodynamo; Numerical solutions

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AZIMUTHAL WAVE NUMBER; CHEMICAL FLUX; CONTROL PARAMETERS; CORE DYNAMICS; DIFFUSIVITY RATIO; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE SYSTEMS; EARTH'S CORE; EKMAN NUMBERS; GEODYNAMO; INNER CORE; LIQUID PHASE; MOLECULAR DIFFUSIVITY; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ONSET OF CONVECTION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SPHERICAL SHELL; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; THERMO-CHEMICAL;

BUOYANCY; DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

AZIMUTH; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BUOYANCY; CORE (PLANETARY); DIFFUSIVITY; GEODYNAMO; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL METHOD; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84857010382     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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