Convection in the Earth's Mantle

An introduction to fluid dynamics

1968 • 6,160 citations

Numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations

1968 • 5,022 citations

Diffusional Viscosity of a Polycrystalline Solid

1950 • 2,370 citations

LIX. On convection currents in a horizontal layer of fluid, when the higher temperature is on the under side

1916 • 1,913 citations

Magnetic Anomalies Over Oceanic Ridges

1963 • 1,310 citations

Rises, trenches, great faults, and crustal blocks

1968 • 1,222 citations

Marine magnetic anomalies, geomagnetic field reversals, and motions of the ocean floor and continents

1968 • 1,178 citations

Speculations on the Consequences and Causes of Plate Motions

1969 • 1,134 citations

Survey of the stability of linear finite difference equations

1956 • 761 citations

Finite amplitude convective cells and continental drift

1967 • 625 citations

The creep strength of the Earth's mantle

1970 • 499 citations

Geomagnetic Variations and the Electrical Conductivity of the Upper Mantle

1969 • 438 citations

Phase transformations and the constitution of the mantle

1970 • 386 citations

The Motion of a Viscous Fluid Under a Surface Load

1935 • 375 citations

The system Mg2SiO4Fe2SiO4 at high pressures and temperatures

1970 • 356 citations

Relative Contributions of Uranium, Thorium, and Potassium to Heat Production in the Earth

1964 • 318 citations

XVIII. Radioactivity and Earth Movements

1931 • 281 citations

Numerical simulation of incompressible flows within simple boundaries: accuracy

1971 • 266 citations

Mid-ocean ridges and geotherm distribution during mantle convection

1968 • 259 citations

Thermal convection with large viscosity variations

1971 • 250 citations

Viscosity of the mantle from relaxation time spectra of isostatic adjustment

1968 • 243 citations

The finite‐difference computation of natural convection in a rectangular enclosure

1966 • 231 citations

NUMERICAL ADVECTION EXPERIMENTS¹

1968 • 231 citations

A Rigorous Exposition of the Boussinesq Approximations Applicable to a Thin Layer of Fluid.

1962 • 211 citations

Deep Sea Drilling in the South Atlantic

1970 • 180 citations

Mantle Convection and the New Global Tectonics

1972 • 167 citations

Diffusion creep in the Earth's mantle

1965 • 153 citations

Structure of the olivine-spinel phase boundary in the descending lithosphere

1971 • 148 citations

Accuracy of Finite-Difference Methods Applied to the Advection Equation

1968 • 138 citations

Convection in a mantle with variable physical properties

1969 • 118 citations

Comparison of finite-difference computations of natural convection

1968 • 112 citations

Numerical Solutions of the Nonlinear Equations for a Heated Fluid Layer

1965 • 110 citations

Radiative transfer ia the Earth's mantle

1957 • 107 citations

On the global variations of terrestrial heat-flow

1970 • 103 citations

Structure of convection cells in the mantle

1971 • 93 citations

Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations

1966 • 82 citations

Solution of the non-linear equations of cellular convection and heat transport

1961 • 80 citations

The effect of initial conditions and lateral boundaries on convection

1969 • 51 citations

Infrared spectra and radiative thermal conductivity of minerals at high temperatures

1970 • 43 citations

Finite-Amplitude thermal convection within a self-gravitating fluid sphere

1972 • 41 citations

A Numerical Study of Two–Dimensional Parallel-Plate Convection

1964 • 40 citations

Practical Investigation of Convective Difference Approximations of Reduced Dispersion

1969 • 35 citations

Numerical Method for Computing Nonlinear, Time Dependent, Buoyant Circulation of Air in Rooms

1971 • 33 citations