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Stewart 1992

Stewart, C.A. (1992). Thermal convection in the Earth's mantle: Mode coupling induced by temperature-dependent viscosity in a three-dimensional spherical shell. Geophysical Research Letters 19: doi: 10.1029/92GL00163. issn: 0094-8276.

Temperature-dependent viscosity places constraints on the spherical harmonic spectrum of thermal convection in the earth's mantle. Viscosity, being a strong function of temperature, gives rise to quantized feed-back loops among low-order modes in the governing equations. This nonlinear resonance is proposed as the cause of the dominance of a low-order convective pattern in the earth's mantle. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992

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Tectonophysics, Dynamics of the lithosphere and mantle, Tectonophysics, Rheology of the lithosphere and mantle, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets and Satellites, Interiors, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets and Satellites, Tectonics

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Geophysical Research Letters
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