Three-dimensional convection of an infinite-Prandtl-number compressible fluid in a basally heated spherical shell

DOI10.1017/S0022112092004580zbMath0774.76076WikidataQ60714243 ScholiaQ60714243MaRDI QIDQ4017633

David Bercovici, Gary A. Glatzmaier, Gerald Schubert

Publication date: 16 January 1993

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

stability analysisBoussinesq approximationanelastic approximationEarth's mantleconvection cellshydrostatic adiabatic reference stateirregular patternssuperadiabatic temperature droptectonic plates motion

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