Spherical Thermochemical
These calculations are from
McNamara and Zhong (JGR, 2004) .
Thermochemical convection was studied in a 3D spherical geometry in order
to study the general characteristics in an Earth-like mantle.
Compositional and Temperature-dependent rheology
Temperature- and depth-dependent rheology
Temperature-dependent rheology
Isoviscous case
Temperature- and Composition-Dependent Case
In this calculation, the dense material has an intrinsic viscosity
increase of 500x. The Buoyancy number is 0.6 and the Rayleigh
number = 4.8 x 106. This is case 13 from
McNamara and Zhong (JGR, 2004) .
compositional field
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temperature slice
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residual temperature
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Temperature- and depth- Dependent Case
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Temperature-Dependent Case
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Isoviscous Case
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