High Rayleigh number thermal convection in volumetrically heated spherical shells

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Deschamps, Frédéric ^a   Yao, Chloé ^b   Tackley, Paul J ^b   Sanchez Valle, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CURVATURE; HEATING; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84867017493     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004090     Document Type: Article

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