Effects of adiabatic compression on thermal convection in super-Earths of various sizes
Abstract We present two-dimensional numerical models of thermal convection of a compressible fluid in the mantles of super-Earths calculated under the truncated anelastic liquid approximation to discuss how adiabatic compression affects the thermal convection, depending on planetary mass. The convec...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-12-01
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Series: | Earth, Planets and Space |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-018-0975-5 |