Flow and Creep in the Solar System: Observations, Modeling and TheoryDavid B. Stone, S.K. Runcorn The NATO ASI held in the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, June 17-28, 1991 was, we believe, the first attempt to bring together geoscientists from all the disciplines related to the solar system where fluid flow is a fundamental phenomenon. The various aspects of flow discussed at the meeting ranged from the flow of ice in glaciers, through motion of the solar wind, to the effects of flow in the Earth's mantle as seen in surface phenomena. A major connecting theme is the role played by convection. For a previous attempt to review the various ways in which convection plays an important role in natural phenomena one must go back to an early comprehensive study by 1. Wasiutynski in "Astro physica Norvegica" vo1. 4, 1946. This work, little known now perhaps, was a pioneering study. In understanding the evolution of bodies of the solar system, from accretion to present-day processes, ranging from interplanetary plasma to fluid cores, the understanding of flow hydrodynamics is essentia1. From the large scale in planetary atmospheres to geological processes, such as those seen in magma chambers on the Earth, one is dealing with thermal or chemical convection. Count Rumford, the founder of the Royal Institution, studied thermal convection experimentally and realized its practical importance in domestic contexts. |
Contents
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REVERSALS OF THE SOLAR SOURCE SURFACE MAGNETIC FIELD | 45 |
PLANETARY MAGNETISM REVISITED | 58 |
SOME REFLECTIONS ON SOLID STATE CONVECTION IN THE MANTLES OF THE EARTH | 67 |
ROTATING SPHERICAL CONVECTION WITH APPLICATIONS TO PLANETARY SYSTEMS | 83 |
GEOMAGNETISM AND INFERENCES FOR CORE MOTIONS | 97 |
ENERGETIC ASPECTS OF THERMAL CONVECTIVE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC | 113 |
SUBDUCTION ZONES MAGMATISM AND THE BREAKUP OF PANGEA | 225 |
DYNAMICS OF MAGMA CHAMBERS | 287 |
A MECHANISM FOR SPONTANEOUS SELFPERPETUATING VOLCANISM ON | 306 |
HIGH LATITUDE OCEAN CONVECTION | 323 |
ANALOGOUS MODES OF CONVECTION IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN | 357 |
THE DYNAMICS OF SUBCRITICAL DOUBLEDIFFUSIVE CONVECTION IN THE SOUTHERN | 371 |
STRATEGIES FOR MODELLING CLIMATE CHANGES | 384 |
ICE SHEET DYNAMICS | 399 |
PARAMETERIZATION OF TEMPERATURE AND STRESSDEPENDENT VISCOSITY | 130 |
COMPLEX FLOW STRUCTURES IN STRONGLY CHAOTIC TIMEDEPENDENT MANTLE | 147 |
DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED TOPOGRAPHY AT THE EARTHS SURFACE | 197 |
GLACIER FLOW MODELING | 417 |
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Flow and Creep in the Solar System: Observations, Modeling and Theory David B. Stone,S.K. Runcorn No preview available - 2010 |
Flow and Creep in the Solar System: Observations, Modeling and Theory David B. Stone,S.K. Runcorn No preview available - 1993 |
Flow and Creep in the Solar System: Observations, Modeling and Theory David B. Stone,S.K. Runcorn No preview available - 2013 |
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advection amplitude Antarctic Ice Sheet Antarctica atmosphere auroral oval basal sliding basal water bottom boundary conditions boundary layer Budd buoyancy calculated coefficient component compositional convection constant continental core correlation crystal crystallisation decrease density depth diapir diffusion dipole dynamics Earth Planet effect equation evolution Figure flow velocity fluid flux function geomagnetic Geophys Geophysical glacier Gondwana gradient Greenland Greenland Sea grounding line Gubbins heat horizontal hotspots ice shelf ice stream increase instability ionosphere latitude lithosphere longitudinal lower mantle magma chamber magnetic field mantle convection mantle plume mechanism melt MHD dynamo motion observed ocean parameters Phys planetary plumes polar polynya porosity Prandtl number pressure Rayleigh number region rheology rotation Runcorn salinity scale seafloor spreading Section simulations sliding law solar spherical subduction surface surge temperature thermal convection thermosphere thickness time-dependent topography upper values variation vertical viscosity Weddell Sea wind Yuen zone