High Rayleigh number thermo-chemical models of a dense boundary layer in D″
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High Rayleigh number thermo-chemical models of a dense boundary layer in D′′
We simulate the effects of an intrinsically dense boundary layer at the base of the mantle on the thermal structure of D and the dynamics of the lower mantle. Using a finite element model of thermo-chemical convection in 2-D with a Rayleigh number of 10, we investigate the dynamic consequences of varying the density and of increasing thermal diffusivity in the basal layer to simulate enrichment...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/98gl51872