Low viscosity channels and the stability of long wavelength convection
Mantle convection simulations with a low viscosity channel, akin to the Earth's asthenosphere, are characterized by long wavelength flow structure. Boundary layer theory predicts that as the viscosity of the channel decreases, the wavelength that maximizes heat transfer increases. As a pattern...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1911/62121 |