On the influence of a translating inner core in models of outer core convection

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 214, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-114

  Davies, C J ^a   Silva, L ^a   Mound, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous heat flux; Inner core translation; Outer core convection; Zonal flows

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY EFFECTS; BOUSSINESQ FLUIDS; CORE CONVECTION; CRITICAL VALUE; FLOW SPEED; INHOMOGENEOUS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS HEAT-FLUX; INNER CORE; ISOLATED REGIONS; LARGE REGIONS; LIGHT ELEMENTS; MODEL SYSTEM; NONMAGNETICS; PARAMETER REGIMES; RADIAL MOTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RIGID BODY; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; SPHERICAL SHELL; THERMAL BUOYANCY; ZONAL FLOWS;

BUOYANCY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COREMAKING; RIGID STRUCTURES;

HEAT FLUX;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONVECTION; INNER CORE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MODELING; OUTER CORE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 84872394121     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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