Convection in the Earth's inner core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 198-199, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-78

  Cottaar, Sanne ^a   Buffett, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CitcomS; Convection; Inner core; Light elements; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; CITCOMS; CONCENTRATION OF LIGHT; CONVECTIVE VELOCITY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH'S INNER CORES; INNER CORE; ISOTROPIC LAYERS; LIGHT ELEMENTS; PARAMETER VALUES; PARAMETERIZED MODEL; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; THERMAL HISTORY;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; ENTRAINMENT; HEAT FLUX; INNER CORE; ISOTROPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STRAIN RATE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84859928616     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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