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Flow and Creep in the Solar System: Observations, Modeling and Theory

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Editors:
  1. David B. Stone

    1. Geophysical Institute and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

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  2. S. K. Runcorn

    1. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
      Physics Department, Imperial College, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 391)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Convection and Flows in the Sun and Stars

    • K. B. MacGregor
    Pages 1-11

  3. A Review of the Dynamics of the Lower and Upper Thermosphere

    • David Rees
    Pages 13-44

  4. Reversals of the Solar Source Surface Magnetic Field and of the Planets

    • S.-I. Akasofu, T. Saito
    Pages 45-57

  5. Planetary Magnetism Re-Visited

    • Raymond Hide
    Pages 59-66

  6. Some Reflections on Solid State Convection in the Mantles of the Earth, Moon and Terrestrial Planets

    • S. K. Runcorn
    Pages 67-82

  7. Rotating Spherical Convection with Applications to Planetary Systems

    • Keke Zhang
    Pages 83-96

  8. Geomagnetism and Inferences for Core Motions

    • David Gubbins
    Pages 97-111

  9. Energetic Aspects of Thermal Convective Magnetohydrodynamic Dynamos

    • Yu-Qing Lou
    Pages 113-120

  10. Preferred Bands of Longitude for Geomagnetic Reversal VGP Paths: Implications for Reversal Mechanisms

    • C. Laj, A. Mazaud, M. Fuller, E. Herrero-Bervera
    Pages 121-129

  11. Parameterization of Temperature- and Stress-Dependent Viscosity Convection and the Thermal Evolution of Venus

    • V. S. Solomatov
    Pages 131-145

  12. Complex Flow Structures in Strongly Chaotic Time-Dependent Mantle Convection

    • David A. Yuen, Wuling Zhao, Andrei V. Malevsky
    Pages 147-173

  13. An Explicit Inertial Method for the Simulation of Viscoelastic Flow: An Evaluation of Elastic Effects on Diapiric Flow in Two- and Three- Layers Models

    • A. N. B. Poliakov, P. A. Cundall, Y. Y. Podladchikov, V. A. Lyakhovsky
    Pages 175-195

  14. Dynamically Supported Topography at the Earth’s Surface and the Core-Mantle-Boundary: Influences by a Depth-Dependent Thermal Expansivity and a Chemical Boundary Layer

    • D. C. Olbertz, U. Hansen
    Pages 197-206

  15. 3-D Numerical Investigation of the Mantle Dynamics Associated with the Breakup of Pangea

    • John R. Baumgardner
    Pages 207-224

  16. Subduction Zones, Magmatism, and the Breakup of Pangea

    • Lawrence A. Lawver, Lisa M. Gahagan
    Pages 225-247

  17. Relationship between Hotspots and Mantle Structure: Correlation with Whole Mantle Seismic Tomography

    • S. Kedar, D. L. Anderson, D. J. Stevenson
    Pages 249-259

  18. Porous Media Flow in Granitoid Magmas: An Assessment

    • Nick Petford
    Pages 261-286

  19. Dynamics of Magma Chambers

    • Alan Rice
    Pages 287-305

  20. A Mechanism for Spontaneous Self-Perpetuating Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets

    • P. J. Tackley, D. J. Stevenson
    Pages 307-321
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Geophysical Institute and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

    David B. Stone

  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

    S. K. Runcorn

  • Physics Department, Imperial College, London, UK

    S. K. Runcorn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Flow and Creep in the Solar System: Observations, Modeling and Theory

  • Editors: David B. Stone, S. K. Runcorn

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8206-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2148-4Published: 28 February 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4245-3Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8206-3Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 506

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Planetology

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