Analytical solutions for mantle flow in cylindrical and spherical shells

Computational models of mantle convection must accurately represent curved boundaries and the associated boundary conditions of a 3-D spherical ...







Global mantle tomography using Backus?Gilbert inversion of normal ...
A second option would involve chemical heterogeneities to explain low seismic anomalies in the lower mantle, i.e., thermochemical plumes.
PHYSICS OF MANTLE CONVECTION Contents
abstract This chapter presents the fundamental equations necessary to under- stand the physics of fluids and some applications to mantle convection.
Dynamics of rheological heterogeneities in mantle plumes
The geochemical record of Hawaiian basalts has been interpreted to reflect vertically stretched, partly filament-like heterogeneities in the Hawaiian plume, ...



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Fluid dynamics of planetary differentiation