3D coupled fluid and heat transport simulations of the Northeast German Basin and their sensitivity to the spatial discretization: Different sensitivities for different mechanisms of heat transport

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3643-3659

  Kaiser, Björn Onno ^a,b   Cacace, Mauro ^b   Scheck Wenderoth, Magdalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advection; Conduction; Convection; Mesh convergence; Northeast German Basin; Thermal field

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; MESH CONVERGENCE; MODEL RESOLUTION; NORTHEAST GERMAN BASIN; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; THERMAL FIELD; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

ADVECTION; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

ADVECTION; CONVERGENCE; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONVECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NORTH GERMAN BASIN; NORTHEAST GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 84888390451     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2249-7     Document Type: Article

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