At least three scales of convection in a mantle with strongly temperature-dependent viscosity

Sophie Androvandi (1) , Anne Davaille (2) , Angela Limare (1) , Aurélie Foucquier (3, 1) , Catherine Marais (4, 1)

1 IPGP - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
2 FAST - Fluides, automatique, systèmes thermiques
3 LPMC - Laboratoire de physique de la matière condensée
4 PMMH - Physique et mécanique des milieux hétérogenes (UMR 7636)

Keywords: Mantle convection; Plumes; Subduction; Asthenosphere; Laboratory experiments

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences

Sophie Androvandi, Anne Davaille, Angela Limare, Aurélie Foucquier, Catherine Marais. At least three scales of convection in a mantle with strongly temperature-dependent viscosity. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2011, 188 (3-4), pp.132-141. ⟨10.1016/j.pepi.2011.07.004⟩. ⟨insu-02932040⟩