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Namiki & Kurita 2003
Namiki, A. and Kurita, K. (2003). Heat transfer and interfacial temperature of two-layered convection: Implications for the D¿-mantle coupling. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2002GL015809. issn: 0094-8276.

We performed laboratory measurements of the heat flux and the interfacial temperature of two-layered thermal convection. Experiments show that the scaling law of the heat flux (Nu-Ra relation) can be classified by the buoyancy number B. The heat flux under B > 1 follows the well-known Nu-Ra relation. However, under B < 1, undulations develop at the interface, and heat flux is systematically enhanced. The interfacial temperature is determined only by the ratio of physical properties between the upper and lower layers. Our results suggest that the existence of less viscous and slightly denser D″ than the overlying mantle would enhance the heat transfer from the core to the mantle.

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Geodesy and Gravity, Earth's interior--dynamics (8115, 8120), Planetary Sciences, Heat flow, Tectonophysics, Dynamics, convection currents and mantle plumes, Tectonophysics, Earth's interior--composition and state, Tectonophysics, Heat generation and transport
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Geophysical Research Letters
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