DEEP CONVECTION IN THE INTERIOR OF MAJOR PLANETS - A REVIEW

Authors
YANO JI
Citation
Ji. Yano, DEEP CONVECTION IN THE INTERIOR OF MAJOR PLANETS - A REVIEW, Australian journal of physics, 51(5), 1998, pp. 875-889
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Australian journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00049506
Volume
51
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
875 - 889
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-9506(1998)51:5<875:DCITIO>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Theories for deep convection in the interior of major planets are revi ewed. The focus is on Busse's theory, whose problems are critically an alysed. The importance of the analogy and differences with the Earth's mantle convection and oceanographic convection are emphasised.