Numerical simulations of mantle convection: Time-dependent, three-dimensional, compressible, spherical shell

DOI10.1080/03091928808213626zbMath0658.76088OpenAlexW2023401324MaRDI QIDQ3807808

Gary A. Glatzmaier

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928808213626

zbMATH Keywords

mantle convectionEarth's mantlethree-dimensional spherical shellNewtonian, infinite Prandtl number, anelastic fluidnonlinear time-dependent numerical simulations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffusion and convection (76R99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99) Geophysics (86A99)

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