GEODYNAMIC THERMAL RUNAWAY WITH MELTING
The authors consider the penetration of a solid medium by a foreign body which is large enough for frictional heating to melt the medium and maintain a thin liquid layer ahead of the body. This study is motivated by the possibility of the Earth's core having been formed by liquid iron diapirs m...
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| author | Ockendon, J Tayler, A Emerman, S Turcotte, D |
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| description | The authors consider the penetration of a solid medium by a foreign body which is large enough for frictional heating to melt the medium and maintain a thin liquid layer ahead of the body. This study is motivated by the possibility of the Earth's core having been formed by liquid iron diapirs melting their way through the solid, deformable mantle. The principal results are the existence of a critical size for the body for the motion to be maintained under gravity and the ease with which an immiscible liquid body can penetrate at constant velocity compared to a solid one. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:db702f2b-b4de-42b8-940e-7f1a7f38f9fa2022-03-27T09:10:33ZGEODYNAMIC THERMAL RUNAWAY WITH MELTINGJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:db702f2b-b4de-42b8-940e-7f1a7f38f9faEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1985Ockendon, JTayler, AEmerman, STurcotte, DThe authors consider the penetration of a solid medium by a foreign body which is large enough for frictional heating to melt the medium and maintain a thin liquid layer ahead of the body. This study is motivated by the possibility of the Earth's core having been formed by liquid iron diapirs melting their way through the solid, deformable mantle. The principal results are the existence of a critical size for the body for the motion to be maintained under gravity and the ease with which an immiscible liquid body can penetrate at constant velocity compared to a solid one. |
| spellingShingle | Ockendon, J Tayler, A Emerman, S Turcotte, D GEODYNAMIC THERMAL RUNAWAY WITH MELTING |
| title | GEODYNAMIC THERMAL RUNAWAY WITH MELTING |
| title_full | GEODYNAMIC THERMAL RUNAWAY WITH MELTING |
| title_fullStr | GEODYNAMIC THERMAL RUNAWAY WITH MELTING |
| title_full_unstemmed | GEODYNAMIC THERMAL RUNAWAY WITH MELTING |
| title_short | GEODYNAMIC THERMAL RUNAWAY WITH MELTING |
| title_sort | geodynamic thermal runaway with melting |
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